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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 ¨¨¨¨:«\†*&
*†\«:¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨:«\†*
†\«:¨¨¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«\†
*†\«:¨¨¨¨¨     ####¨«« 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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