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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 ,,,,&,,,&,
,,&,,,,,&, ,,,,,&,,,&
&,,&,,,,,& 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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,,,&,&&,,, 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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