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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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##@¶$*†«.¨             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨.«†*$¶@##
@&&$*«.¨¨¨     ####¨«« fermi's paradox ««¨####      ¨¨¨.«*$&&@
##@¶$*†«.¨             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨.«†*$¶@##
¶$$*†«««.¨                                          ¨.«««†*$$¶
#@¶&$*†«.¨              so why is that?             ¨.«†*$&¶@#
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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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&$*†.¨¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨¨¨.†*$&
##@&$*†«.¨      ####¨«« fermi's paradox ««¨####     ¨.«†*$&@##
#@¶&$*†«.¨             #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨#             ¨.«†*$&¶@#
#@¶&$*†«.¨                                          ¨.«†*$&¶@#
&&&&$*†«.¨ i'm gonna  go  smoke my  third cigarette ¨.«†*$&&&&
&$†††..¨¨¨ this  year and try to  snatch some beers ¨¨¨..†††$&
@@¶&$*†«.¨        from the local beer thing         ¨.«†*$&¶@@
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