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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 ,,##,,,,##
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,,##,,#,,, placement in the galaxy, and our ####,,,,,,
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,,#####,,# and -our- local clusters place in the ,,,,,,####
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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, ##########
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########## 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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