¨~»:§&&@## ##@&&§:»~¨
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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 &&&::»¨¨¨¨
¨~»:§&&@## ##@&&§:»~¨
¨~»:§&&@## ##@&&§:»~¨
¨¨¨»»:§&@@ @@&§:»»¨¨¨
¨~»:§&&&&& &&&&&§:»~¨
¨~»:§&&@## ##@&&§:»~¨