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| I am 30 something. I moved to New Zealand 5 years ago from South Africa. I am a patent attorney. I enjoy programmig and building things. I also enjoy hiking when I have the chance, although our newborn baby has basically put pay to that at present. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Given the size of creation, I think that it would be an aweful waste of space for only us to exist. I have no idea whether radio waves would be the preferred form of communication by most ETs. There may be (and I suspect that if it exists we will find it within the next century) another undiscovered type of communication that is better (possibly faster than light?) We seem to be discovering some loopholes in relativity that may permit this with some more tweaking. Why would ET use the equivalent of smoke signals when a cel phone is available?
We may look and find nothing. You cannot find a bat in a dark cave by using your eyes. That does not mean there is nothing out there. It just means we are likely looking with the wrong technology.
I am cautious about sending messages without first investigating the species we discover. Caution may let us live another day (or millennium). Any information we send should not give too much away. However, we already transmit most of our knowledge through TV and radio broadcasts so it may be too late anyhow.
I am intruiged to discovere what is out there. If my spare CPU time gives us an affirmative answer, why not. |
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