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...§..§§§.      ####.«« fermi's paradox ««.####     .§§§§.§...
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§§§..§§..§ there's too little apparent life  in the §.§§.§§...
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.§§§§§§§§§       ####.«« omega point ««.####        .§§.§§§.§§
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§.....§§..   #...««««««««there's probably a point   §.....§§..
§....§.§.§ (they  tell me  so; the ones i  talk to, §....§.§.§
§...§§§§§§ the  ones   untouched   by  our   mortal §...§§§§§.
§..§......                emptiness)                §..§....§§
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§§.§....§§ there's probably  a point  where we  try §§.§..§§.§
.§§§...§.§ too much.  the fey are curious like  us, .§§§.§.§§.
§..§..§§§. or  mor§£%£%  a "killer fact", something §..§§§§.§.
§.§§.§..§. that a species  that isn't curious  will §.§...§§§§
§§.§§§.§§.                never find                §§§..§....
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§.§.§.§§.§ but  something that  a species  that  is .§§§.§..§§
§§§§§§.§§§ curious is bound (in the fey  sense)  to §..§§§.§..
.....§§...                 explore                  §.§..§§§.§
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...§§§§..§ the keyword  here is «safety margin««# - ..§§§.§..§
..§...§.§. it  will look like  any  other force, it .§..§§§.§§
.§§..§§§§§ will fit in the  puzzle, safe to  bend - §§.§..§§.§
§.§.§..... but  it wont  be,  and  the second  they .§§§.§.§§§
§§§§§....§                  try...                  §..§§§§...
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...§§..§§§            and so.##«««««««t             §§§..§§.§§
..§.§.§... hey look at us  and our  planet and they ..§.§.§§.§
.§§§§§§..§                 ^lau^h^                  .§§§§§.§§§
§.....§.§§ ^^^ause we'^re ne^x^t... ###.##@«£\««^^^ §....§§..§
§....§§§.§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §...§.§.§.
§...§..§§§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §..§§§§§§§
§..§§.§... ^^^^^^^^^^#^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §.§.......
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