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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 ,,,,,,,.-†
-.,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,.-
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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? ,,,.-†^£##
#£^†-.,,,, ,,,,.-†^£#
£^†-.,,,,, 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!) ,,,,,,,,,,
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-.,,,,,,,, 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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£^†-.,,,,, 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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