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...