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.......... ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.#### ..........
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:~,....... there's too little apparent life in the .......,~:
%:~,...... universe#...~~~~~~~~...# ......,~:%
&%:~,..... ####.~~ omega point ~~.#### .....,~:%&
§&%:~,.... #...~~~~~~~~...# it'§§§§#-a ....,~:%&§
#§&%:~,... ...,~:%&§#
##§&%:~,.. ther## ..,~:%&§##
###§&%:~,. #...~~~~~~~~there's probably a point .,~:%&§###
##§&%:~,.. (they tell me so; the ones i talk to, ..,~:%&§##
#§&%:~,... the ones untouched by our mortal ...,~:%&§#
§&%:~,.... emptiness) ....,~:%&§
&%:~,..... .....,~:%&
%:~,...... there's probably a point where we try ......,~:%
:~,....... too much. the fey are curious like us, .......,~:
~,........ or mor§#% a "killer fact", something ........,~
,......... that a species that isn't curious will .........,
.......... never find ..........
.......... ..........
.......... but something that a species that is ..........
.......... curious is bound (in the fey sense) to ..........
.......... explore ..........
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.......... the keyword here is ~safety margin~~# - ..........
,......... it will look like any other force, it .........,
~,........ will fit in the puzzle, safe to bend - ........,~
:~,....... but it wont be, and the second they .......,~:
%:~,...... try... ......,~:%
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§&%:~,.... and so.##~~~~~~~t ....,~:%&§
#§&%:~,... hey look at us and our planet and they ...,~:%&§#
##§&%:~,.. ,lau,h, ..,~:%&§##
###§&%:~,. ,,,ause we',re ne,x,t... ###.###~#:~~,,, .,~:%&§###
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#§&%:~,... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ...,~:%&§#
§&%:~,.... ,,,,,,,,,,#,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ....,~:%&§
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