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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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