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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 ¨¨¨¨,~/^§¤
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#@£¤§^/~,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/^
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~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
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^/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨,~/^§
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/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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!) ¨¨,~/^§¤£@
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£¤§^/~,¨¨¨ definition of life really lax? ¨¨¨,~/^§¤£
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§^/~,¨¨¨¨¨ i think everyone agrees that we have no ¨¨¨¨¨,~/^§
^/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ idea what we're doing (and it probably ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/^
/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ shows) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/
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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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