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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 @&$*^=....
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......=^*$ 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,          &$*^=.....
......=^*$                                          $*^=......
.......=^* No    .    One   .    Has   .   Answered *^=.......
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.....=^*$&             #...========...#             &$*^=.....
....=^*$&@     ####.== Fermi'S Paradox ==.####      @&$*^=....
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..=^*$&@##                                          ##@&$*^=..
...=^*$&@#             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?      #@&$*^=...
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.....=^*$& 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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