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...