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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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########..             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 .###....##
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