§¨¨§§§§§§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§§§§§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨¨§§§§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§§§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨¨§§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨             #¨¨¨========¨¨¨#             §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨     ####¨== 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        §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨