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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,          §,§,§,§,§,
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§,§§,§,§,§ NO   ,   ONE    ,   HAS    ,    ANSWERED §,§,§,§,§,
§,,§,§,§,§                                          §,§,§,§,§,
§,§§,§,§,§             #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,#             §,§,§,§,§,
§,,§,§,§,§      ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,####     §,§,§,§,§,
§,§§,§,§,§             #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,#             §,§,§,§,§,
§,,§,§,§,§                                          §,§,§,§,§,
§,§§,§,§,§             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!)           §,§,§,§,§,
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§,,§,§,§,§ 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 ~~,####      §,§,§,§,§,
§,§§,§,§,§             #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,#             §,§,§,§,§,
§,,§,§,§,§                                          §,§,§,§,§,
§,§§,§,§,§ 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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