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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. ¨.~*§%#¶@#
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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 ¨.~*§%#¶@#
#@¶#%§*~.¨ ¨.~*§%#¶@#
@¶¶#%§*~.¨ 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? ¨¨¨¨¨~~*§#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~~§#¶
##@#%§*~.¨ shows) ¨.~*§%#@##
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¶#%***~~.¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨.~~***%#¶
#@¶#%§*~.¨ ####¨~~ 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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