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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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¨~~;%$§@@@ WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE @@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@# SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS #@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;;;$§@@ PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR @@§$;;;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@## GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ##@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@## AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ##@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@# GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS #@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@# #@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@# AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT #@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@@ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE @@@§$%;~~¨
¨¨~~~~;%§@ 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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¨¨¨¨¨~;$@@ SO WHY IS THAT? @@$;~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~;%$§@@# #@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@@ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN @@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@# THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED #@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$$$@@ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE @@$$$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@# PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO #@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$@@## DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ##@@$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@@ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) @@@§$%;~~¨
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¨¨¨~~;$$§§ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE §§$$;~~¨¨¨
¨~~;%$$§§@ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? @§§$$%;~~¨
¨~~;%$§@@# #@@§$%;~~¨
¨~~;$§@@## I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ##@@§$;~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~;$§§ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY §§$;~¨¨¨¨¨
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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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