¨¨¨¨¨:~*=§ §=*~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~*=§@ @§=*~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~*=§@# #@§=*~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~*=§@## ##@§=*~:¨¨
¨:~*=§@### ###@§=*~:¨
¨¨:~*=§@## #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ##@§=*~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~*=§@# ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### #@§=*~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~*=§@ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# @§=*~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~*=§ §=*~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~*= 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~* *~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~*= =*~:¨¨¨¨¨¨