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#@@§$†/~,. LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. ANTENNA ARRAYS .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES .,~/†$§@@#
@@§$†/~,.. HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ..,~/†$§@@
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#@@§$†/~,. AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE .,~/†$§@@#
@@§$†/~,.. COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ..,~/†$§@@
#@@§$†/~,. FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. NO . ONE . HAS . ANSWERED .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN .,~/†$§@@#
@@§$†/~,.. THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ..,~/†$§@@
#@@§$†/~,. A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE .,~/†$§@@#
@@§$†/~,.. PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ..,~/†$§@@
#@@§$†/~,. DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE .,~/†$§@@#
@@§$†/~,.. HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ..,~/†$§@@
#@@§$†/~,. .,~/†$§@@#
@@§$†/~,.. BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ..,~/†$§@@
#@@§$†/~,. DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO .,~/†$§@@#
@@§$†/~,.. IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ..,~/†$§@@
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#@@§$†/~,. I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE .,~/†$§@@#
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#@@§$†/~,. FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING .,~/†$§@@#
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