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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          ,,,,,,^-†^
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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,          ,,,,,^-†^*
£*^†-^,,,,                                          ,,,,^-†^*£
@£*^†-^,,, No   ,    One    ,    Has   ,   Answered ,,,^-†^*£@
#@£*^†-^,,                                          ,,^-†^*£@#
##@£*^†-^,             #,,,--------,,,#             ,^-†^*£@##
#@£*^†-^,,      ####,-- 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?      ,^-†^*£@##
#@£*^†-^,,                                          ,,^-†^*£@#
@£*^†-^,,, I Think Everyone  Agrees That We Have No ,,,^-†^*£@
£*^†-^,,,, Idea What We'Re Doing  (And It  Probably ,,,,^-†^*£
*^†-^,,,,,                  Shows)                  ,,,,,^-†^*
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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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