..¤¤.¤.¤.. .¤.¤¤..¤¤. ..¤.¤¤¤¤¤. ¤¤¤¤.¤.¤.¤ ¤.¤¤¤....¤ ....¤¤¤¤¤¤ .¤¤..¤...¤ ....¤..... .¤.¤.¤¤..¤ ....¤¤.... .¤¤¤¤¤.¤.¤ #...~~~~~~~~...# ¤...¤.¤... .¤....¤¤¤¤ ####.~~ 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 ¤¤¤¤..¤... .¤¤..¤¤... ANTENNE 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, DESPINTE 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 ....¤.¤¤.. .¤.¤.¤.¤.. ¤...¤¤¤.¤. .¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤. ¤¤..¤..¤¤¤ ¤¤.......¤ ..¤.¤¤.¤.. ¤.¤......¤ ..¤¤¤.¤¤¤. ¤¤¤¤.....¤ ¤.¤..¤¤..¤