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...