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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, §§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§§§§§§§§ §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§§§§§§§¨ 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 ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
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