A            
       FERMI'S PARADOX      
                          
                                          
 THERE'S TOO LITTLE APPARENT LIFE IN  THE 
         UNIVERSE         
         OMEGA POINT        
        IT'-A        
                                          
                  THER                  
   THERE'S PROBABLY A POINT   
 (THEY  TELL ME SO; THE ONES I  TALK  TO, 
 THE   ONES  UNTOUCHED  BY   OUR   MORTAL 
                EMPTINESS)                
                                          
 THERE'S PROBABLY A  POINT  WHERE  WE TRY 
 TOO MUCH. THE FEY  ARE CURIOUS LIKE  US, 
 OR  MOR A "KILLER FACT",  SOMETHING 
 THAT  A  SPECIES THAT ISN'T CURIOUS WILL 
                NEVER FIND                
                                          
 BUT  SOMETHING  THAT A  SPECIES THAT  IS 
 CURIOUS  IS BOUND  (IN THE FEY SENSE) TO 
                 EXPLORE                  
                                          
 THE KEYWORD HERE IS SAFETY  MARGIN - 
 IT WILL  LOOK LIKE ANY  OTHER FORCE,  IT 
 WILL FIT IN THE PUZZLE, SAFE  TO BEND  - 
 BUT  IT  WONT  BE, AND THE  SECOND  THEY 
                  TRY...                  
                                          
             AND SOT            
 HEY LOOK AT US AND  OUR PLANET AND  THEY 
                 LAUH                  
 AUSE WE'RE NEXT...