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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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†\=~,,,,,,              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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£*†\=~,,,, 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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