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...