¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§                                          §§§§§¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§§§§§¨§¨§
§§§¨¨¨§¨§¨             #¨¨¨--------¨¨¨#             §¨¨¨¨§§§§§
¨¨§¨¨§§§§¨     ####¨-- 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         ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§§§§§¨§
§¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§§§¨§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§
¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨§                                          §¨¨¨§¨§¨§§