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§-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-§
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&*§-^¨¨¨¨¨      ####¨-- FERMI'S PARADOX --¨####     ¨¨¨¨¨^-§*&
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##@&*§-^¨¨ THERE'S TOO LITTLE APPARENT  LIFE IN THE ¨¨^-§*&@##
###@&*§-^¨         UNIVERSE#¨¨¨--------¨¨¨#         ¨^-§*&@###
##@&*§-^¨¨        ####¨-- OMEGA POINT --¨####       ¨¨^-§*&@##
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*§-^¨¨¨¨¨¨   #¨¨¨--------THERE'S PROBABLY A POINT   ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-§*
§-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (THEY TELL ME  SO;  THE ONES I TALK  TO, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-§
-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE   ONES   UNTOUCHED  BY  OUR   MORTAL ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                EMPTINESS)                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THERE'S  PROBABLY  A POINT WHERE  WE TRY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TOO MUCH.  THE FEY ARE  CURIOUS LIKE US, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ OR MOR&@*@§ A "KILLER  FACT",  SOMETHING ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THAT A  SPECIES  THAT ISN'T CURIOUS WILL ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                NEVER FIND                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BUT  SOMETHING THAT  A  SPECIES  THAT IS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ CURIOUS IS BOUND  (IN THE  FEY SENSE) TO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  EXPLORE                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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§-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE KEYWORD HERE IS -SAFETY MARGIN--#  - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-§
*§-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT  WILL  LOOK LIKE ANY OTHER  FORCE, IT ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-§*
&*§-^¨¨¨¨¨ WILL  FIT IN THE PUZZLE,  SAFE TO BEND - ¨¨¨¨¨^-§*&
@&*§-^¨¨¨¨ BUT  IT  WONT  BE, AND  THE  SECOND THEY ¨¨¨¨^-§*&@
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##@&*§-^¨¨ HEY LOOK AT US  AND OUR PLANET  AND THEY ¨¨^-§*&@##
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