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...