....¤¤¤¤.. ......¤...
¤¤¤..¤¤..¤ .¤¤¤¤...¤¤
¤¤........ ..¤¤..¤..¤
¤..¤¤¤¤¤¤. ..........
....¤¤¤¤.. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤.
¤¤¤..¤¤..¤ #...««««««««...# ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤..
.¤........ ####.«« 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 ¤..¤¤¤¤..¤
..¤¤...... ....¤¤....
¤....¤¤¤¤. ¤¤¤....¤¤¤
..¤¤..¤¤.. .¤..¤¤..¤¤
.......... ..........
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤