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...