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@#£&$†«-,,             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,      ####,«« fermi's paradox ««,####     ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,                                          ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, on earth  (the planet  where  i  live) a ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, lot  of  us have antennas  on our houses ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, or   balconies,  we  have  built   large ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, antennas  for larger  bandwith, we  have ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,     build specialized antennaes for      ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,    specific wavelengths (and sent them   ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, into orbit), we've  built  large as fuck ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,              antenna arrays              ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, we've virtually built an antenna  with a ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,         dish as large as earth.          ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, we've learned  about our position in the ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,     solar system, our solar systems      ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, placement   in   the  galaxy,  and   our ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, galaxys placement in the  local cluster, ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, and  «our« local clusters place  in  the ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,          grand scheme of things          ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,                                          ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, and  we're  moving  around  the  sun  at ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, velocity and  the suns moving around the ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, center  of the  galaxy  at  velocity and ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, the  galaxy  is moving toward  andromeda ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,    and we're both moving anticlockwise   ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, around  the  galaxy. and we as a species ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, have learned to take all that in account ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,                                          ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, and  despite all  this,  despite all our ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,    (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar   ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, radio  programmes out  in  fucking space ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, at  the speed  of  light (light  is  our ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,  medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,      despite ghosts helping and the      ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,     collective consciousness lowpass     ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,   filtering, despite our very obvious    ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, beaming  of all  our  secrets  in  every ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,          direction known to us,          ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, no    ,    one   ,   has    ,   answered ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,      ####,«« fermi's paradox ««,####     ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,              so why is that?             ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, most opponents  to  intelligent life  in ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, the universe  say  it's because you need ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, a  class  one-or-the-other  star and the ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, planet  needs  to  be  at  a  see-and-so ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, distance away from the star (like  there ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,           has to be a planet!)           ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,                                          ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, but  really   isn't  that   keeping  the ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,      definition of life really lax?      ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, i think everyone agrees  that we have no ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, idea  what  we're doing (and it probably ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,                  shows)                  ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,      ####,«« fermi's paradox ««,####     ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-, i'm gonna go  smoke  my  third cigarette ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,, this year and try to  snatch  some beers ,,-«†$&£#@
#@#£&$†«-,         from the local beer thing        ,-«†$&£#@#
@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
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@#£&$†«-,,                                          ,,-«†$&£#@
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