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###¶¤&*=~¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨~=*&¤¶###
#¤*=,,,¨¨¨ ####¨~~ 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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