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...