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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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