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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨«« 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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