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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 &,,,,,&&&&
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,,,,,,&&,& 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 ,&&,&,,&,&
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,&&,&,,&&, 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 ==,#### &&,&&&,&&,
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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!) ,&,&&,,&,&
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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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