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...