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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. £**~-.....
....-^**&£ £&**^-....
-~^*&£@### 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 #£&&^^~...
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...~^^*&£# ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.#### #£&*^^~...
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.....~~*&£ 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!) ##@£&*^~-.
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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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