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###@¤^^~.¨ ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### ¨.~^^¤@###
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#@¤¤§^^~.¨ there's too little apparent life in the ¨.~^^§¤¤@#
#¤^~¨¨¨¨¨¨ universe#¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨~^¤#
##@¤§^^~.¨ ####¨~~ omega point ~~¨#### ¨.~^^§¤@##
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##@¤§^^~.¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~there's probably a point ¨.~^^§¤@##
#¤§^..¨¨¨¨ (they tell me so; the ones i talk to, ¨¨¨¨..^§¤#
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@@@¤§^^~.¨ there's probably a point where we try ¨.~^^§¤@@@
##@¤§^^~.¨ too much. the fey are curious like us, ¨.~^^§¤@##
##@¤§^^~.¨ or mor¤@§@^ a "killer fact", something ¨.~^^§¤@##
¤^^~¨¨¨¨¨¨ that a species that isn't curious will ¨¨¨¨¨¨~^^¤
#@@¤§^^~.¨ never find ¨.~^^§¤@@#
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#@@¤§^^~.¨ but something that a species that is ¨.~^^§¤@@#
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##@¤§^^~.¨ the keyword here is ~safety margin~~# - ¨.~^^§¤@##
##@¤§^^~.¨ it will look like any other force, it ¨.~^^§¤@##
##@¤§^^~.¨ will fit in the puzzle, safe to bend - ¨.~^^§¤@##
##@¤§^^~.¨ but it wont be, and the second they ¨.~^^§¤@##
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##@¤§^^~.¨ and so¨##~~~~~~~t ¨.~^^§¤@##
#¤^^^^^~.¨ hey look at us and our planet and they ¨.~^^^^^¤#
##@¤§^^~.¨ .lau.h. ¨.~^^§¤@##
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