Liu Cixin’s the Three-Body Problem book trilogy is one of the world’s bestselling Chinese sci-fi series, being read and endorsed by figures such as George R.R. Martin and Barack Obama. In Chinese public debates, however, critics highlight the series’ social Darwinist, misogynistic, and totalitarian tendencies, raising concerns about how the trilogy has been used by […]
I don't really agree with this and totally fucking love these books. However, it is a fairly interesting essay.
It’s science fiction, that’s the whole point. Liu Cixin said in his interviews that many of the stuff he wrote about are unrealistic, but did so because they are necessary to make a good story and to bring out the philosophical questions he wanted to raise.
There is no way to prove if the Dark Forest hypothesis holds in reality or not, so you might as well have a little fun with it. Whether you think it’s the iron law of the universe or just a silly fantasy - it’s still our own projections based on our own interpretation of how the world should work.
Yeah I'm not criticizing the book, really. Idk I just don't like dark forest theory, if someone wants to use it in their book but is fine with it just being a fictional thing added as a flourish that's totally fine with me.
It’s science fiction, that’s the whole point. Liu Cixin said in his interviews that many of the stuff he wrote about are unrealistic, but did so because they are necessary to make a good story and to bring out the philosophical questions he wanted to raise.
There is no way to prove if the Dark Forest hypothesis holds in reality or not, so you might as well have a little fun with it. Whether you think it’s the iron law of the universe or just a silly fantasy - it’s still our own projections based on our own interpretation of how the world should work.
Yeah I'm not criticizing the book, really. Idk I just don't like dark forest theory, if someone wants to use it in their book but is fine with it just being a fictional thing added as a flourish that's totally fine with me.