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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.         ¨¨¨¨~~/£##
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¤%%%%~:¨¨¨ 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          ¨:~/%£¤#@#
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@@#¤£%/~:¨ 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 ¨:~/%£¤###
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@##¤£%/~:¨ 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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