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...