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...