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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.         .§.§.§.§§.
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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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§§.§.§.§.§             #...»»»»»»»»...#             .§.§.§.§§.
.§.§.§.§.§      ####.»» fermi's paradox »».####     .§.§.§..§.
§§.§.§.§.§             #...»»»»»»»»...#             .§.§.§.§§.
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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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§§.§.§.§.§             #...»»»»»»»»...#             .§.§.§.§§.
.§.§.§.§.§      ####.»» 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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