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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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