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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. .¤¤¤..¤¤¤¤
¤..¤¤¤¤¤¤. ..¤....¤¤¤
....¤¤¤¤.. 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 ¤¤..¤¤....
¤..¤¤¤¤... .......¤¤¤
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.¤¤....... ####.«« 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) ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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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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