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...