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...