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...