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,&&,&&,,,, ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ,,,,,,&,&&
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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. ,&,,,&,,,&
,&&&,,&,,& &&,,&&,,&&
&,,&,&&,&, 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 ,&,,,&,,&&
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,,&,,,,&,, 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 &,&,,&,&,,
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,&,,,&&&&, #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ,,&&,,,&,&
&&,,&,,,&& ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ,&,&,,&&&&
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,,&&&&,,&, 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!) ,,&,,&&,&&
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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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,&&,&&,,,, #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ,,,,,,&,&&
&,&&,&,,,, ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ,,,,,&&&,&
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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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