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...