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...