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...