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¨¨,-:$$### ####¨-- fermi's paradox --¨#### ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## on earth (the planet where i live) a ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### lot of us have antennas on our houses ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### or balconies, we have built large ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### antennas for larger bandwith, we have ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## build specialized antennaes for ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# specific wavelengths (and sent them #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## into orbit), we've built large as fuck ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### antenna arrays ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### we've virtually built an antenna with a ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### dish as large as earth. ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# we've learned about our position in the #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## solar system, our solar systems ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### placement in the galaxy, and our ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### galaxys placement in the local cluster, ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### and -our- local clusters place in the ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## grand scheme of things ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## and we're moving around the sun at ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### velocity and the suns moving around the ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### center of the galaxy at velocity and ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### the galaxy is moving toward andromeda ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## and we're both moving anticlockwise ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# around the galaxy. and we as a species #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## have learned to take all that in account ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### and despite all this, despite all our ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## radio programmes out in fucking space ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# at the speed of light (light is our #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### despite ghosts helping and the ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### collective consciousness lowpass ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### filtering, despite our very obvious ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## beaming of all our secrets in every ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# direction known to us, #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### no ¨ one ¨ has ¨ answered ###$$:-,¨¨
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¨¨,-:$$### #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## ####¨-- fermi's paradox --¨#### ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### so why is that? ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### most opponents to intelligent life in ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## the universe say it's because you need ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# a class one-or-the-other star and the #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## planet needs to be at a see-and-so ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### distance away from the star (like there ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### has to be a planet!) ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## but really isn't that keeping the ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# definition of life really lax? #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### i think everyone agrees that we have no ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### idea what we're doing (and it probably ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### shows) ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## ####¨-- fermi's paradox --¨#### ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-:$$### #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨# ###$$:-,¨¨
¨,-:$$#### ####$$:-,¨
¨¨,-:$$### i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette ###$$:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$$## this year and try to snatch some beers ##$$:-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$$# from the local beer thing #$$:-,¨¨¨¨
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