,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&, &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&,, &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&,,, &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&,,&& #,,,»»»»»»»»,,,# &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&,,,,, ####,»» 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 &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&