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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«     ####¨«« fermi's paradox ««¨####      «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†=                                          =†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†=& on  earth (the planet  where i  live)  a &=†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†=&& lot of  us have antennas  on our  houses &&=†«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:«†=&&# or   balconies,  we  have  built   large #&&=†«:¨¨¨
¨¨:«†=&&#@ antennas  for larger bandwith,  we  have @#&&=†«:¨¨
¨:«†=&&#@#     build specialized antennaes for      #@#&&=†«:¨
¨¨:«†=&&#@   specific wavelengths (and sent them    @#&&=†«:¨¨
¨¨¨:«†=&&# into  orbit), we've  built large as fuck #&&=†«:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†=&&              antenna arrays              &&=†«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†=& we've  virtually built an antenna with a &=†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†=          dish as large as earth.         =†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†                                          †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:« we've learned about our position  in the «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:      solar system, our solar systems     :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ placement   in   the   galaxy,  and  our ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ galaxys placement in the local  cluster, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ and  «our«  local clusters place in  the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨          grand scheme of things          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: and  we're  moving  around  the  sun  at :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:« velocity  and the suns moving around the «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«† center  of  the  galaxy  at velocity and †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†= the  galaxy  is moving  toward andromeda =†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†=&    and we're both moving anticlockwise   &=†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†=&& around the galaxy.  and we  as a species &&=†«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:«†=&&# have learned to take all that in account #&&=†«:¨¨¨
¨¨:«†=&&#@                                          @#&&=†«:¨¨
¨:«†=&&#@# and despite  all this,  despite  all our #@#&&=†«:¨
¨¨:«†=&&#@    (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar   @#&&=†«:¨¨
¨¨¨:«†=&&# radio  programmes  out in fucking  space #&&=†«:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†=&& at  the  speed  of  light  (light is our &&=†«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†=& medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!),  &=†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†=      despite ghosts helping and the      =†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†     collective consciousness lowpass     †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«   filtering, despite our very obvious    «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: beaming  of all  our  secrets  in  every :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨          direction known to us,          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ no   ¨    one    ¨   has    ¨   answered ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:      ####¨«« fermi's paradox ««¨####     :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†                                          †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†=             so why is that?              =†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†=&                                          &=†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†=&& most opponents  to  intelligent  life in &&=†«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:«†=&&# the  universe say it's because  you need #&&=†«:¨¨¨
¨¨:«†=&&#@ a class  one-or-the-other  star  and the @#&&=†«:¨¨
¨:«†=&&#@# planet  needs  to  be  at  a  see-and-so #@#&&=†«:¨
¨¨:«†=&&#@ distance away from the  star (like there @#&&=†«:¨¨
¨¨¨:«†=&&#           has to be a planet!)           #&&=†«:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†=&&                                          &&=†«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†=& but   really  isn't  that  keeping   the &=†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†=      definition of life really lax?      =†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†                                          †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:« i think everyone agrees  that we have no «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: idea what  we're doing (and it  probably :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  shows)                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      ####¨«« fermi's paradox ««¨####     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:                                          :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:« i'm gonna go smoke  my  third  cigarette «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«† this year and try  to  snatch some beers †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†=        from the local beer thing         =†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†=&                                          &=†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†=&&                                          &&=†«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:«†=&&#                                          #&&=†«:¨¨¨
¨¨:«†=&&#@                                          @#&&=†«:¨¨
¨:«†=&&#@#                                          #@#&&=†«:¨