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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          §.§§§.§...
§§§§..§...                                          §§..§§§..§
...§.§§..§ 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 ..§....§.§
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§§.§.§§..§     ####.== fermi's paradox ==.####      §§§.§§..§.
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§...§§§§§§                                          .§.§§§§..§
§..§.....§             so why is that?              §§§...§.§.
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§§.§...§§. 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?      .§.§§§...§
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.§.§§.§... i think everyone agrees that  we have no ..§.§§.§..
§§§.§§§..§ idea what we're  doing (and it  probably .§§§.§§§..
..§§..§.§§                  shows)                  §..§§..§.§
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....§.§...     ####.== fermi's paradox ==.####      .....§..§.
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.§§..§§§§§ 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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