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...