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...