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...