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§§§§¨¨§§§¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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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, §¨¨§§§§§¨¨
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§§§§§§¨¨§§ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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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 §§§¨¨¨¨§§¨
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¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS §§§§§§§¨¨¨
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