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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.         §§§§.§§..§
...§§..§§.                                          ....§§.§.§
§..§.§.§.§ 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)                  .§§§.§§§§§
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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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