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...