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...