It is better if we find them before they find us...
While the human race is barbaric and greedy, it would perhaps be best if we were left alone. But it would would be wrong against those people who work hard every day of their lives.. they deserve to know..
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.