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...