~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=
^=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨~~ 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 ¨¨,~=^&@#@
#@#@&^=~,¨ ¨,~=^&@#@#
@#@&^=~,¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨,~=^&@#@
#@&^=~,¨¨¨ ####¨~~ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=
^=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=^
&^=~,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,~=^&