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...