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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, .&....&...
...&.&&&.. &&...&&..&
..&&&..&.& no . one . has . answered .&..&.&.&&
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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!) .&.&.&&.&&
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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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