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...