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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 .^=^††%&££
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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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