§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§§§§§¨                                          §§§§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§§§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §¨¨§§§¨¨§§
§¨¨§§§§¨¨¨             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§     ####¨~~ 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         ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§¨¨§§§§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§§§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §§§§§§¨¨§§
§¨¨§§§§¨¨§                                          §§§§§¨¨¨¨§