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...