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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 #@££†/:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:/†££ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 #@££†/:¨¨¨
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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 #@££†/:¨¨¨
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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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