Since the message that started this thread was asking, I believe, if something like the SETI program could be used to address psychological issues, there is the Global Consciousness Project, which some of you may have heard about already. I suspect many may be skeptical but at least take a look at their site first! I like the idea, in principle, at least. But it would take too long to describe it all here.
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/ Mike Lee, MA Department of Psychology University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:51 PM Subject: Re: Are we ready to BOINC? > On 28 Oct 2003 at 17:04, John W. Nichols, M.A. wrote: > > > I have been involved with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the past 4.449 years (talk > > about anal retentive) and have completed almost 9,300 work units for > > the project. I am at the 99.668th %-ile among the 4,729,551 people in > > the world who are currently involved in the effort to locate the > > little green guys. > > > > I know nothing about BOINCing, and only a bit more about BONKing. So > instead I'll use this thread to air a complaint about SETI. I was an > early subscriber, and I really liked their nifty screen display. Even > if I didn't have a clue what it was showing, I enjoyed telling > students who asked that I was searching for ET. > > Then I discovered that their display was burning a permanent image > into my computer screen. When I got a new screen (and after SETI > ignored my complaint) I switched to a distributed computing project > which did cancer research. I didn't understand their screen display > any better (images of molecules) but at least it floated around and > wouldn't damage my computer screen. > > Does anyone else who's been using SETI for a long time have this > problem? Look at your screen when it displays a white background. > Does it retain a faint image of the SETI frame? If so, you've got the > problem I'm talking about. All they have to do to fix it is to have > their display float about the screen, as my cancer research one does. > Otherwise, I suspect that the only objective result of their project > to date is to progressively damage millions of computer screens. Neat > trick. Maybe they're sponsored by computer manufacturers. > > Stephen > > ___________________________________________________ > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 > Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 > Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
