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...