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