¨~~/†@&#@# #@#&@†/~~¨
¨¨¨~//†@#@ @#@†//~¨¨¨
¨¨~~~~/†&& &&†/~~~~¨¨
¨~~/††@@&# #&@@††/~~¨
¨~~/†@@@&@ @&@@@†/~~¨
¨~~/†@@@@& #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# &@@@@†/~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~~/@# ####¨~~ 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 #&†/~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~/†@&#@# #@#&@†/~~¨
¨¨¨~~/@@#@ @#@@/~~¨¨¨
¨~~/†@&#@# #@#&@†/~~¨
¨¨~~~~/@&& &&@/~~~~¨¨
¨~~/†@@@@& &@@@@†/~~¨