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...