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...