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...