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....^=*§$@ ####.== fermi's paradox ==.#### @$§*=^....
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.....==*$@ there's too little apparent life in the @$*==.....
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.^=*§$@@## that a species that isn't curious will ##@@$§*=^.
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.^=*§$@@## ^^^ause we'^re ne^x^t... ###.###=@*==^^^ ##@@$§*=^.
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