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,,,.==%%%@ ####,== fermi's paradox ==,#### @%%%==.,,,
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,.==*%@### there's too little apparent life in the ###@%*==.,
,.==*%@### universe#,,,========,,,# ###@%*==.,
,,,==*%@## ####,== omega point ==,#### ##@%*==,,,
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,,,.=**@## ther## ##@**=.,,,
,,,,,.=%## #,,,========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 ###@%*==.,
,.==*%@### ###@%*==.,
,,,,,..=%@ 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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