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#¶&%*\~,¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨,~\*%&¶#
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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 ¨¨¨,~\*%&¶
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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? ¨¨¨,~\*%&¶
#¶&%*\~,¨¨ ¨¨,~\*%&¶#
##¶&%*\~,¨ 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 ¨¨¨,~\*%&¶
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