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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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..§.§..§§.              SO WHY IS THAT?             §§...§.§§§
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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 .§§§..§§§§
..§.§.§§..           HAS TO BE A PLANET!)           .§..§.§...
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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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