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...~;%§¤## ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.#### ##¤§%;~...
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......~;%§ there's too little apparent life in the §%;~......
.......~;% universe#...~~~~~~~~...# %;~.......
........~; ####.~~ omega point ~~.#### ;~........
.........~ #...~~~~~~~~...# it'¤¤¤¤#-a ~.........
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.......... ther## ..........
.......... #...~~~~~~~~there's probably a point ..........
.......... (they tell me so; the ones i talk to, ..........
.......... the ones untouched by our mortal ..........
.........~ emptiness) ~.........
........~; ;~........
.......~;% 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 ####¤§%;~.
..~;%§¤### curious is bound (in the fey sense) to ###¤§%;~..
...~;%§¤## explore ##¤§%;~...
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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 ;~........
.........~ try... ~.........
.......... ..........
.......... and so.##~~~~~~~t ..........
.......... hey look at us and our planet and they ..........
.......... ^lau^h^ ..........
.......... ^^^ause we'^re ne^x^t... ###.###~#;~~^^^ ..........
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