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...