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...