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##$=/~.¨¨¨ ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### ¨¨¨.~/=$##
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###$=/~.¨¨ ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ¨¨.~/=$###
##$=/~.¨¨¨ LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ¨¨¨.~/=$##
#$=/~.¨¨¨¨ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¨¨¨¨.~/=$#
##$=/~.¨¨¨ ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ¨¨¨.~/=$##
###$=/~.¨¨ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ¨¨.~/=$###
####$=/~.¨ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ¨.~/=$####
###$=/~.¨¨ INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ¨¨.~/=$###
##$=/~.¨¨¨ ANTENNA ARRAYS ¨¨¨.~/=$##
#$=/~.¨¨¨¨ WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ¨¨¨¨.~/=$#
##$=/~.¨¨¨ DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ¨¨¨.~/=$##
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####$=/~.¨ WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ¨.~/=$####
###$=/~.¨¨ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ¨¨.~/=$###
##$=/~.¨¨¨ PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ¨¨¨.~/=$##
#$=/~.¨¨¨¨ GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ¨¨¨¨.~/=$#
##$=/~.¨¨¨ AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ¨¨¨.~/=$##
###$=/~.¨¨ GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ¨¨.~/=$###
####$=/~.¨ ¨.~/=$####
###$=/~.¨¨ AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ¨¨.~/=$###
##$=/~.¨¨¨ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ¨¨¨.~/=$##
#$=/~.¨¨¨¨ CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ¨¨¨¨.~/=$#
##$=/~.¨¨¨ THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ¨¨¨.~/=$##
###$=/~.¨¨ AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ¨¨.~/=$###
####$=/~.¨ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ¨.~/=$####
###$=/~.¨¨ HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ¨¨.~/=$###
##$=/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/=$##
#$=/~.¨¨¨¨ AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ¨¨¨¨.~/=$#
##$=/~.¨¨¨ (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ¨¨¨.~/=$##
###$=/~.¨¨ RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ¨¨.~/=$###
####$=/~.¨ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ¨.~/=$####
###$=/~.¨¨ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ¨¨.~/=$###
##$=/~.¨¨¨ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ¨¨¨.~/=$##
#$=/~.¨¨¨¨ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ¨¨¨¨.~/=$#
##$=/~.¨¨¨ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ¨¨¨.~/=$##
###$=/~.¨¨ BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ¨¨.~/=$###
####$=/~.¨ DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ¨.~/=$####
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##$=/~.¨¨¨ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED ¨¨¨.~/=$##
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##$=/~.¨¨¨ SO WHY IS THAT? ¨¨¨.~/=$##
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##$=/~.¨¨¨ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ¨¨¨.~/=$##
###$=/~.¨¨ THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ¨¨.~/=$###
####$=/~.¨ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ¨.~/=$####
###$=/~.¨¨ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ¨¨.~/=$###
##$=/~.¨¨¨ DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ¨¨¨.~/=$##
#$=/~.¨¨¨¨ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ¨¨¨¨.~/=$#
##$=/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/=$##
###$=/~.¨¨ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¨¨.~/=$###
####$=/~.¨ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¨.~/=$####
###$=/~.¨¨ ¨¨.~/=$###
##$=/~.¨¨¨ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¨¨¨.~/=$##
#$=/~.¨¨¨¨ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨¨¨¨.~/=$#
##$=/~.¨¨¨ SHOWS) ¨¨¨.~/=$##
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###$=/~.¨¨ ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### ¨¨.~/=$###
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##$=/~.¨¨¨ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¨¨¨.~/=$##
###$=/~.¨¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨.~/=$###
####$=/~.¨ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¨.~/=$####
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