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...