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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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...&.&&&&. #...--------...# &...&&&.&.
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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!) ...&&&.&&.
&....&..&. ..&..&&.&&
&...&&.&&& 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) .&&.&.&&..
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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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