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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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@£*:-,,,,, ####,-- fermi's paradox --,#### ,,,,,-:*£@
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:-,,,,,,,, i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette ,,,,,,,,-:
-,,,,,,,,, this year and try to snatch some beers ,,,,,,,,,-
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