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| Personal background |
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Undergraduate Computer Science Major (looking into studying for a minor in computational mathematical sciences).
High technical interest in robotics, artificial intelligence, and mathematics (especially discrete mathematics).
I am passionate about the cosmos, deeply influenced by Carl Sagan. I am passionate about technology, influenced by Vinge and Kurzweil. I consider myself a Singulatarian/Transhumanist supporter.
I am passionate about New Space, and colonization of the Moon, other planets, (other planet's moons), extra-solar exploration, heliophysics, and astrophysics.
I am deeply interested in the search for ETI's, and the science that goes behind such a search (especially the computational aspect of such a search). |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. Carl Sagan's stance on ETI's has greatly influenced my own opinion of the search for ETI's, and has certainly made me believe in the power of distributed computing towards the goal of discovering ETI's one day.
2. I believe that SETI and SETI@home represent the foundation of astrobiology, and the search for intelligences that would thereby reject the Fermi Paradox. The Galaxy is simply too diverse for intelligent life to not have arisen in some fashion; even some remains (such as a beacon, a probe, etc) should remain of some ancient galactic civilization... and SETI's search for the answer as to whether we are alone in the Galaxy is certainly a profoundly important one, as it has the potential to change how the majority of humanity views their relationship with the Cosmos.
3. Continue the search for ETI's, for even though ETI's may not be discovered, the science and technology which is developed as a side-product of the search will more than help humanity send and receive interstellar communications some day. There is only one real suggestion: any sufficiently advanced galactic civilization would most likely send its communications across the stars on a full band of frequencies, not just a few, as the further a communication-signal has to travel, the more likely some anomaly would disrupt it. If SETI can analyze more spectrum at once, it would help discover more advanced civilizations which would most likely utilize that technique of communication. |
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