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...