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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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§..§§§§§..              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 .§§§.§.§..
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§.§.§.§§§. I'M  GONNA GO  SMOKE MY  THIRD CIGARETTE §§.§§§§...
§§§§§§..§. THIS  YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH  SOME BEERS .§§...§..§
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