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...