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&&&,,&&&,,                                          &,,,&&&,&&
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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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