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¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤ ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### ¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
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¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨¤ 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) ¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨¤ ¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨¤ ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### ¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨¤ ¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨¤ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
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