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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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¨:»*†$#### we've learned about our position in the ####$†*»:¨
¨:»*†$#### solar system, our solar systems ####$†*»:¨
¨:»*†$#### placement in the galaxy, and our ####$†*»:¨
¨:»*†$#### galaxys placement in the local cluster, ####$†*»:¨
¨:»*†$$### and »our» local clusters place in the ###$$†*»:¨
¨:»†$##### grand scheme of things #####$†»:¨
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¨:»*†$#### and we're moving around the sun at ####$†*»:¨
¨:»*†$#### velocity and the suns moving around the ####$†*»:¨
¨:»*†††††# center of the galaxy at velocity and #†††††*»:¨
¨:»*†$#### the galaxy is moving toward andromeda ####$†*»:¨
¨¨¨¨:*$### and we're both moving anticlockwise ###$*:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:*$$# around the galaxy. and we as a species #$$*:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:»*†$#### have learned to take all that in account ####$†*»:¨
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¨¨¨¨¨»*$$# and despite all this, despite all our #$$*»¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:::*†## (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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¨:»*†$#### #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ####$†*»:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨»†# ####¨»» fermi's paradox »»¨#### #†»¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 #††»:::::¨
¨::»»†$### planet needs to be at a see-and-so ###$†»»::¨
¨:»*†$#### distance away from the star (like there ####$†*»:¨
¨:»»»»†$## has to be a planet!) ##$†»»»»:¨
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¨:»*†$#### but really isn't that keeping the ####$†*»:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:»†$# definition of life really lax? #$†»:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨»†### 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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