»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨»» 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 ¨¨,»^†¤§@#
@§¤†^»,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,»^†¤§@
§¤†^»,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,»^†¤§
¤†^»,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,»^†¤
†^»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»^†
^»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»^