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...