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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.         .....-†=%§
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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 ..-†=%§@##
###@§%=†-.          Direction Known To Us,          .-†=%§@###
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#@§%=†-... No   .    One    .   Has   .    Answered ...-†=%§@#
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%=†-......      ####.~~ Fermi'S Paradox ~~.####     ......-†=%
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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 .....-†=%§
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@§%=†-.... 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 ..-†=%§@##
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