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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,          ,@,@@,@,,@
,@,@,,@,@,                                          ,@,,@,@,@@
,@,@,@@,@, no    ,    one   ,   has    ,   answered ,@,@@,@,,@
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,@,@,,@,@,     ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####      ,@,,@,@,@@
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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 ,@,,@,@,@@
,@,@,@@,@,                  shows)                  ,@,@@,@,,@
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,@,@,@@,@,             #,,,--------,,,#             ,@,@@,@,,@
,@,@,,@,@,     ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####      ,@,,@,@,@@
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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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