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¨¨¨¨¨¨,»;§ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# §;»,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»; ####¨»» 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 ##%§;»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»;§%# #%§;»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»;§% %§;»,¨¨¨¨¨
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