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..==*§@### ####.== fermi's paradox ==.#### ###@§*==..
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.....==*§@ there's too little apparent life in the @§*==.....
......==*§ universe#...========...# §*==......
.......==* ####.== omega point ==.#### *==.......
........== #...========...# it'§§§§@-a ==........
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.......... ther## ..........
.......... #...========there's probably a point ..........
.......... (they tell me so; the ones i talk to, ..........
.......... the ones untouched by our mortal ..........
.......... emptiness) ..........
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.......... there's probably a point where we try ..........
.......... too much. the fey are curious like us, ..........
.......... or mor§@£@* a "killer fact", something ..........
.........= that a species that isn't curious will =.........
........== never find ==........
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......==*§ but something that a species that is §*==......
.....==*§@ curious is bound (in the fey sense) to @§*==.....
....==*§@# explore #@§*==....
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..==*§@### the keyword here is =safety margin==# - ###@§*==..
...==*§@## it will look like any other force, it ##@§*==...
....==*§@# will fit in the puzzle, safe to bend - #@§*==....
.....==*§@ but it wont be, and the second they @§*==.....
......==*§ try... §*==......
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........== and so.##=======t ==........
.........= hey look at us and our planet and they =.........
.......... .lau.h. ..........
.......... ...ause we'.re ne.x.t... ###.###=@===... ..........
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