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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. ¤.¤.¤¤¤¤..
¤¤¤.¤¤.¤¤. ¤¤¤¤¤...¤.
¤..¤¤.¤¤.¤ 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 ..¤¤..¤.¤¤
....¤.¤..¤ ¤.¤.¤.¤¤¤.
....¤¤¤¤.¤ 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 .....¤¤¤¤¤
¤.¤..¤...¤ .....¤....
¤¤¤¤.¤¤..¤ 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 ...¤.¤..¤.
..¤......¤ ¤..¤¤¤¤.¤¤
¤.¤¤.....¤ #...~~~~~~~~...# ¤¤.¤...¤¤.
¤¤¤.¤....¤ ####.~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~.#### ..¤¤¤..¤.¤
...¤¤¤...¤ #...~~~~~~~~...# ..¤..¤.¤¤¤
¤..¤..¤..¤ ..¤¤.¤¤¤..
¤¤.¤¤.¤¤.¤ 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!) ¤..¤..¤¤..
.¤¤.¤..¤¤. .¤.¤¤.¤.¤.
.¤.¤¤¤.¤.¤ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE .¤¤¤.¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤..¤¤¤¤ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¤¤..¤¤....
¤...¤.¤... ¤.¤.¤.¤...
¤¤..¤¤¤¤.. I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO .¤¤¤¤¤¤¤..
¤.¤.¤...¤. IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY .¤......¤.
¤¤¤¤¤¤..¤¤ SHOWS) ¤¤¤.....¤¤
......¤.¤. ...¤....¤.
......¤¤¤¤ #...~~~~~~~~...# ¤..¤¤...¤¤
¤.....¤... ####.~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~.#### .¤.¤.¤..¤.
¤¤....¤¤.. #...~~~~~~~~...# .¤¤¤¤¤¤.¤¤
..¤...¤.¤. .¤.....¤¤.
..¤¤..¤¤¤¤ 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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