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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. ¨¨¨¨¨-†%%&
#@#&%†:-,¨ ¨,-:†%&#@#
#@#&%†:-,¨ 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) ¨¨¨,---:%&
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#@#&%†:-,¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨,-:†%&#@#
##%:,,¨¨¨¨ ####¨-- 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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