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¨¨¨&&¨¨&¨& ¨&¨&&&&¨¨&
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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 ¨&&&&&&¨¨¨
¨&&&&¨¨¨¨& ¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨
¨&¨¨¨&¨¨¨& ¨&&¨¨¨¨&&¨
¨&&¨¨&&¨¨& ¨&¨&¨¨¨&¨&
&&¨&¨&¨&¨& &&&&&¨¨&&&
¨¨&&&&&&&& &¨¨¨¨&¨&¨¨