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...