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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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@&$^:~,,,, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,,,~:^$&@
@@&$^:~,,, SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,,,~:^$&@@
#@@&$^:~,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,,~:^$&@@#
@@&$^:~,,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,,~:^$&@@
@&$^:~,,,, AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,,,~:^$&@
&$^:~,,,,, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,,,,~:^$&
@&$^:~,,,, ,,,,~:^$&@
@@&$^:~,,, AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,,,~:^$&@@
#@@&$^:~,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,~:^$&@@#
@@&$^:~,,, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,,,~:^$&@@
@&$^:~,,,, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,,,,~:^$&@
&$^:~,,,,, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,,,,,~:^$&
@&$^:~,,,, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,,,,~:^$&@
@@&$^:~,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,~:^$&@@
#@@&$^:~,, ,,~:^$&@@#
@@&$^:~,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,~:^$&@@
@&$^:~,,,, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ,,,,~:^$&@
&$^:~,,,,, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,,,,,~:^$&
@&$^:~,,,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,,,~:^$&@
@@&$^:~,,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,,~:^$&@@
#@@&$^:~,, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,,~:^$&@@#
@@&$^:~,,, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,,~:^$&@@
@&$^:~,,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,,,~:^$&@
&$^:~,,,,, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,,,,,~:^$&
@&$^:~,,,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,,,~:^$&@
@@&$^:~,,, ,,,~:^$&@@
#@@&$^:~,, NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ,,~:^$&@@#
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&$^:~,,,,, ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,#### ,,,,,~:^$&
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#@@&$^:~,, SO WHY IS THAT? ,,~:^$&@@#
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@&$^:~,,,, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,,,,~:^$&@
&$^:~,,,,, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,,,,~:^$&
@&$^:~,,,, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,,,~:^$&@
@@&$^:~,,, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,,,~:^$&@@
#@@&$^:~,, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,,~:^$&@@#
@@&$^:~,,, HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ,,,~:^$&@@
@&$^:~,,,, ,,,,~:^$&@
&$^:~,,,,, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,,,,~:^$&
@&$^:~,,,, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,,,,~:^$&@
@@&$^:~,,, ,,,~:^$&@@
#@@&$^:~,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,~:^$&@@#
@@&$^:~,,, IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ,,,~:^$&@@
@&$^:~,,,, SHOWS) ,,,,~:^$&@
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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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