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........:-      ####.-- fermi's paradox --.####     -:........
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.....:-=*$ there's too little  apparent life in the $*=-:.....
....:-=*$§         universe#...--------...#         §$*=-:....
...:-=*$§#        ####.-- omega point --.####       #§$*=-:...
..:-=*$§##        #...--------...# it'§§§§#-a       ##§$*=-:..
.:-=*$§###                                          ###§$*=-:.
..:-=*$§##                  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...                  ##§$*=-:..
...:-=*$§#                                          #§$*=-:...
....:-=*$§             and so.##-------t            §$*=-:....
.....:-=*$ hey look at us  and  our planet and they $*=-:.....
......:-=*                 :lau:h:                  *=-:......
.......:-= :::ause we':re ne:x:t... ###.###-#=--::: =-:.......
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