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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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