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#@£@£*==~. 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 .~==*£@£@@
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£@£*==~... 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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@@£@£*==~. 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 .....~=*@@
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#@£@£*==~. definition of life really lax? .~==*£@£@#
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#@£@£*==~. i think everyone agrees that we have no .~==*£@£@#
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@@@*==.... this year and try to snatch some beers ....==*@@@
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