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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 ##&¤^\»~..
...~»\^¤ #&¤^\»~...
....~»\^¤& 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, #&¤^\»~...
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...~»\^¤ NO . ONE . HAS . ANSWERED #&¤^\»~...
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..~»\^¤# ####.»» 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!) ##&¤^\»~..
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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 ##&¤^\»~..
.~»\^¤## SHOWS) ###&¤^\»~.
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....~»\^¤& ####.»» FERMI'S PARADOX »».#### &¤^\»~....
...~»\^¤ #...»»»»»»»»...# #&¤^\»~...
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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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