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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!)           ##@&@†/«.,
,.«/†@&@##                                          ##@&@†/«.,
,.«/†@&@## 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 ##@&@†/«.,
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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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