,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨-- FERMI'S PARADOX --¨#### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=
^=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨-- FERMI'S PARADOX --¨#### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨-- FERMI'S PARADOX --¨#### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=
^=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=^
&^=-,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,-=^&
@&^=-,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,-=^&@
£@&^=-,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,-=^&@£
#£@&^=-,¨¨ ¨¨,-=^&@£#