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&&&&&&&&&, ####,«« FERMI'S PARADOX ««,#### &&,,,,&&,,
,&&&&&&&,, #,,,««««««««,,,# &,,&&,,,,,
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,,,&&&,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,&&
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,,&&&&&&&& 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 &&&&&&&,,,
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,,,,,,,&,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,,
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&,,,,&&&&& 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, ,,,,,,&&,,
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,,&&,,&&&& NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED &&&&,,&&&&
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&&,,&&,,&& 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!) &&&&&&&,,,
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,&&,,,,,,& BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE &&&&&,,,,,
,,,,&&&&,, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? &&&&,,&&&&
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,,,,,,,,,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO &&,,&&,,,,
&&&&&&&&&& IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY &,,,,,,&&&
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&&,,&,,&&& 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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