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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 @§£^†-:...
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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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