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...