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*†=:...... ####.== fermi's paradox ==.#### ......:=†*
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*†=:...... ......:=†*
¤*†=:..... there's too little apparent life in the .....:=†*¤
@¤*†=:.... universe#...========...# ....:=†*¤@
#@¤*†=:... ####.== omega point ==.#### ...:=†*¤@#
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#@¤*†=:... #...========there's probably a point ...:=†*¤@#
@¤*†=:.... (they tell me so; the ones i talk to, ....:=†*¤@
¤*†=:..... the ones untouched by our mortal .....:=†*¤
*†=:...... emptiness) ......:=†*
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*†=:...... 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 ..:=†*¤@##
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##@¤*†=:.. but something that a species that is ..:=†*¤@##
#@¤*†=:... curious is bound (in the fey sense) to ...:=†*¤@#
@¤*†=:.... explore ....:=†*¤@
¤*†=:..... .....:=†*¤
*†=:...... 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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