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...