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...