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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 ¨¨~»†§§¤@@
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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 ¨~»†§§¤@@#
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#@@¤§§†»~¨ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ¨~»†§§¤@@#
@@¤§§†»~¨¨ ####¨»» 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!) ¨¨¨¨~»†§§¤
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@@¤§§†»~¨¨ 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 ¨¨~»†§§¤@@
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@¤§§†»~¨¨¨ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ¨¨¨~»†§§¤@
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#@@¤§§†»~¨ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ¨~»†§§¤@@#
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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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