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...