§¨¨§¨§§§¨¨                                          §§¨§¨¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨                                          §§¨¨§¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§                                          §§§¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨§             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨      ####¨«« 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 ««¨####      ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§              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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¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨