¨¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨ ¨¨&&&&¨¨¨¨
&&&¨¨¨¨&&& &¨¨&&¨¨&&&
&&¨¨&&¨¨&& ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&
&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨& ¨&&&&&&¨¨&
¨¨&&&&&&¨¨ ¨¨&&&&¨¨¨¨
&¨¨&&&&¨¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨¨&&¨¨&&&
¨¨¨¨&&¨¨&& ####¨-- 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 &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& ¨&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& ¨¨&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &¨¨&&&&&&&