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#@#@&%/~,¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨,~/%&@#@#
#@#@&%/~,¨ ####¨~~ 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 ¨~/%&@#@##
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