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...