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...