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§.§§.§.§§.     ####.== fermi's paradox ==.####      .§.§.§§§§§
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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?             .§.§.§.§.§
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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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§..§.§..§.     ####.== fermi's paradox ==.####      .§.§.§.§..
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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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