| Personal background |
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| Born in the early 60's, so main childhood was in "the 70's". Spent 11 years working in Singapore, but am back in USA now. Network engineer with special skills in retrofitting factory equipment to newer network technologies, plus shifting into use of cellular data systems (aka:cell phone systems). |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Mainly I support SETI@home because I know finding a clear signal from extraterrestrial intelligence would change life as we know it in a big or macro way. Just as Sputnik radically changed life on earth - so will signals from beyond. Some changes will be good, some may be bad. I hope at least it will be a bit more humbling and give people a longer sense of perspective of our future sharing the resources of this spaceship planet Earth.
But to be honest, I think projects folding proteins - even if they find a cure for Alzheimer's or other terrible diseases - will not have more than a minor or micro impact. No doubt the few "discoverers" will become famous and huge amounts of money will change hands as patients and insurance companies start to pay for it. But today malaria is one of the largest "premature terminators" of human life, yet we don't bother finding a solution for that. |
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