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¨¨¨#¨##¨¨# 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 #¨#¨#¨#¨##
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####¨¨¨¨## 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 ¨#¨##¨¨¨¨#
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##¨##¨¨¨¨# beaming of all our secrets in every ¨¨###¨¨#¨#
¨##¨#¨¨¨#¨ direction known to us, ¨#¨¨#¨###¨
#¨###¨¨### ##¨###¨¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# no ¨ one ¨ has ¨ answered ¨##¨¨#¨###
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##¨#¨¨¨### so why is that? ##¨#¨¨¨##¨
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#¨¨#¨##¨¨¨ 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!) ¨¨#¨¨¨##¨#
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¨###¨#¨#¨# but really isn't that keeping the #¨#¨###¨¨#
#¨¨######¨ definition of life really lax? ####¨¨#¨##
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###¨¨¨¨### i think everyone agrees that we have no ¨¨###¨¨#¨#
¨¨#¨¨¨#¨¨# idea what we're doing (and it probably ¨#¨¨#¨###¨
¨##¨¨##¨#¨ shows) ##¨###¨¨#¨
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¨¨¨¨##¨### #¨¨¨========¨¨¨# ¨¨¨#¨#¨#¨¨
¨¨¨#¨##¨¨# ¨¨######¨¨
¨¨###¨#¨## 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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