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...