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