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| Personal background |
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I saw Carl Sagan's Cosmos series in the 1980s, and then read the book by
the same name. They encouraged me to wonder about the Universe outside this
little speck of dust we inhabit. I'd also highly recommend his fictional
book Contact, co-authored with his wife, Anne Druyan. It's a story
about how our first contact with alien civilizations may occur---and of course,
it all starts with the detection of radio signals!
What do I enjoy? Hmmm, that's a tough one...
sun and fun and long hikes through staggeringly beautiful forests
and bike rides and fixing motorcycles and cross-country skiing and playing
the piano (not very well, though) and composing and listening to music
and travelling and scuba diving with dolphins and great seafood and tree
hugging in Clayoquat Sound and downhill skiing and swimming and beaches
and... whew. Lots more.
Life is short, and there's lots of great stuff to do.
"The meaning of life? That's easy. Try to have fun, try not to hurt
people, hope to fall in love." - Mallory Keaton, Family Ties.
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I don't get out of the city to look at the stars as much as I'd like.
Stargazing really just allows us to look out at the Universe and wonder,
"What's out there?" At the simplest level, SETI@home allows me to pretend
I'm stargazing even when I'm not. At a more philosophical level,
I think that the question of whether we are alone in the Universe is
one of the most important questions of our time. SETI@home allows us
to try to answer that question scientifically, using essentually free
resources that sit, virtually unused, under our noses every day. The
opportunity to participate in such an adventure from the comfort of my
own home is one that I simply cannot pass up. |
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