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...