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...