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...