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| I'm now 29, transgendered, born & bred in North London, England and currently working as a web designer and I can begin by thanking my parents for giving me a keen interest in science, I know my mother always wanted to achieve at science but it wasn't the 'done' thing by young ladies in 1940's classroom. Fortunately my father spent the best 26 years of his life as a paramedic before his retirement, there's no real need to state how much science you need to know to put people back together again at the scene of an accident! So there I am, a young pre-teen who spent so many evenings & nights freezing myself to death staring through my first 3" refractor in very unpredictable British weather. I was also very good at blowing things up and went on to get my Advanced Level in Chemistry! There's a huge part of me that just wants the human race to grow up now. The petty wars, the curable diseases, the relentless waste of life. It's the utter waste of time, resources and misery that is brought to millions around the world, and nothing is achieved that depresses me and others who want to taste discovery. Once all our petty problems are consigned to the footnotes of history we can get on with exploring the universe and seeing what's out there. The sights, achievements and sheer wondrous discoveries that are out there will astound us and I just can't wait. And I'd like to wrap up my thoughts with the ever raging discussion of Human Space Flight vs. Robotics. While robotic missions are more cost effective and are certainly useful for currently unattainable missions for humans, the human part of me wants to stand on these alien vistas and soak up the marvel of it all. If a human isn't there for real it feels just like another CGI game. Thank-you for listening, Elvis has left the building..... |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Where to start that hasn't all been said before with these classic SETI questions. Yes extraterrestrial life exists, I just can't imagine a more boring universe with just us stuck in it! I realistically don't think we'll discover alien life for centuries while we develop better technology, but if we don't start from somewhere today, discoveries will never happen anyway. Though there is a part of me that thinks aliens will 'discover' us when we get our act together. As for the dangers of truly alien life, I think it's very 50/50, 50% of me thinks we're up a creek without a paddle. The other 50% thinks it'll be beneficial in some way, but who can say how. And the big question, should we be currently sending a beacon signal? The answer is NO, NO and NO again. Until we're in a position where we can reasonable defend our planet from alien weapons (who knows what they'll be anyway!), we shouldn't go knocking on stranger's doors. By doing this I think there's a fair chance we'll get the wrong answer. We currently spend all our time blowing ourselves up, do you think we'll unite and adequately defend our planet anytime soon? Not very well I think. If any signal is sent, it's going to be a mathematical one. And SETI is on my computers for a simple reason, it's worthwhile! I can't think of a better way to use my spare computer cycles to possibly answer one of the big questions, "Are we alone?". Though I do believe the bandwidths that are currently scanned should somehow be widened to include higher frequencies. Good luck to the SETI team and all who follow!
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