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#%^:,,,,,, ,,,,,,:^%#
#@@#&%^«:, #,,,««««««««,,,# ,:«^%&#@@#
##&&&%^«:, ####,«« 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 ,:«^%&#@@#
##@#&%^«:, ,:«^%&#@##
#%«««««::, ,::«««««%#
##&^:,,,,, ,,,,,:^&##
@#&^^^^«:, ,:«^^^^&#@
###&&%^«:, ,:«^%&&###