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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)                  ..^«^§*@##
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##@*§^«^..             #...««««««««...#             ..^«^§*@##
#@*§^«^...      ####.«« 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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