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...