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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. ¨^-*%@¤¶##
##¶¤@%*-^¨ ¨^-*%@¤¶##
¤¤@*-¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨^-*%@¤¶##
##¶¤@%*-^¨ ¨^-*%@¤¶##
¤@%%%**-^¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨--*@¤¤
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