Acerbic
Member since:
10 February 2014
Country:
None
BOINC ID:
651105
Background
I'm a 26-year-old female theoretical physicist born in Ireland, raised in England and now living in the U.S.
I love reading, (both for pleasure and generally attempting to gain as much knowledge as I can- trivial or not,) writing, creating art and music, body art and modification and my cat, Vala.
I've always been immensely passionate about the unlocking the mysteries of the universe as a whole, whether it be the latest theories in physics or molecular biology. At the same time, I'm very glad to feel certain that we'll never have all the answers.
After all, Einstein himself said,
Quote:
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
I couldn't agree more.
Opinion
As a scientist, I can never seem to do nearly enough research. It was my primary goal when I decided upon a career but I quickly realized that it's incredibly difficult to pull together enough time and resources (not to mention the amount of sheer luck) it takes to discover something new or explain just one question about the universe in which we live.
Einstein@Home allows me, or at least my computer, to take part in that wonderful journey of scientific discovery, albeit in a very small way, at home. Because it focuses on an area of physical science that I particularly enjoy, it's all the better.
Einstein@Home and more generally, SETI@Home is a beautiful idea in our modern, technologically-dominated world. It takes advantage of the power of the masses- at least, the masses' computer power. In an age when every single person seems to be online, that power is truly immense and has the potential to accomplish analyzing more data in a single day than most scientists could in a lifetime. That's amazing and moreover, an important contribution to the scientific community as a whole.
