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...