##@£¤%^~.¨ ¨.~^%¤£@##
##@£¤%^~.¨ ¨.~^%¤£@##
@¤%~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~%¤@
##@£¤%^~.¨ ¨.~^%¤£@##
££¤¤^^^~.¨ ¨.~^^^¤¤££
###£¤%^~.¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨.~^%¤£###
#@@£¤%^~.¨ ####¨~~ 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 ¨¨...~%¤¤£
@¤¤¤¤%^~.¨ ¨.~^%¤¤¤¤@
£¤%%%%^~.¨ ¨.~^%%%%¤£
##@£¤%^~.¨ ¨.~^%¤£@##
#£¤^~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~^¤£#
###@¤%^~.¨ ¨.~^%¤@###