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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. ¨¨¨¨:-/^*@
#@*^/-:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:-/^*@#
##@*^/-:¨¨ 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, ¨¨:-/^*@##
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##@*^/-:¨¨ 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? ¨¨:-/^*@##
#@*^/-:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:-/^*@#
@*^/-:¨¨¨¨ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¨¨¨¨:-/^*@
*^/-:¨¨¨¨¨ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨¨¨¨¨:-/^*
@*^/-:¨¨¨¨ SHOWS) ¨¨¨¨:-/^*@
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##@*^/-:¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨:-/^*@##
###@*^/-:¨ ####¨-- FERMI'S PARADOX --¨#### ¨:-/^*@###
##@*^/-:¨¨ #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ¨¨:-/^*@##
#@*^/-:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:-/^*@#
@*^/-:¨¨¨¨ 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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