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...