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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 ###¤**=,,,
,,=**¤#### ####¤**=,,
,,,=**¤### 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 ==,#### ###¤**=,,,
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,,=**¤#### 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? ####¤**=,,
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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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