¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
§§§§§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§§                                          ¨§¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          §§§¨§§§¨§§
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨§
¨¨§§¨§§§§¨             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             ¨§¨§¨§¨§§§
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§     ####¨~~ 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        ¨§§§¨§§§§§
§¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨¨§§§§§§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §§§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨