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...