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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 ¨¨¨¨¨--†^%
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#£#%^†--¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--
†--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨-- fermi's paradox --¨#### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--†
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#%^†--¨¨¨¨ so why is that? ¨¨¨¨--†^%#
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##£#%^†--¨ 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 --¨#### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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