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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. .......^~=
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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 ....^~=%@¤
@%=~^..... .....^~=%@
%=~^...... 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 ~~.#### ..^~=%@¤@#
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@%=~^..... So Why Is That? .....^~=%@
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=~^....... 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 ~~.#### ....^~=%@¤
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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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