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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. @*^:«:¨¨¨¨
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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 *^:«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:^ ^:«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«: 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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