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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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