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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. ¨¨¨¨¨.~;%@
#@%;~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~;%@#
##@%;~.¨¨¨ 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 ~~¨#### ¨¨¨¨.~;%@#
##@%;~.¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨.~;%@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨.~;%@#
@%;~.¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨.~;%@##
#@%;~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~;%@#
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