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| Personal background |
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I'm a 23-year old aspiring neuroscientist, working at the national institute of mental health in maryland. As someone who is perpetually fascinated by the question of the mind, I can't think of anything more exciting than catching a glimpse of extraterrestrial intelligence.
Outside of my time goofing off in the laboratory, I'm something of a music nut (both listening and playing), and also a big fan of the simpsons. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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The universe is way too big for intelligent extraterrestrial life not to exist. Finding it might be a problem. We really have no idea what the chances of life occuring are, and what the chances of it achieving consciousness are, so finding E.T. is a complete unknown - maybe tomorrow, maybe never.
Transmitting a beacon wouldn't be a bad idea. There's something reassuring about knowing that if we end up destroying ourselves, there would still be radio waves drifting off into space, telling our story.
I run SETI@home for a few reasons. On the more pedestrian end of things, I hate to see my computer using power but not doing anything; it may as well be working, right? I'm also a really big fan of the idea of distributed computing - I think it has some very good potential applications in the biomedical field as well. Finally, I think that the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence would be one of the most profound and amazing revelations that mankind could have - I think it would change us for the better. |
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