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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 &$%;=~¨¨¨¨
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