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- Liu Cixin
- 2008
- “The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound.
- “If I destroy you, what business is it of yours?” ― Liu Cixin, The Dark Forest.
- “For the majority of people, what they love exists only in the imagination. The object of their love is not the man or woman of reality, but what he or she is like in their imagination.
- “It’s a wonder to be alive. If you don’t understand that, how can you search for anything deeper?” ― Liu Cixin, The Dark Forest.
The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost [. . .]
- One Solution, However, Is A Bit Darker Than The Others
- How Plausible Is This Theory?
- Why Is This Theory Dark?
The Dark Forest solution explains why we haven’t heard from aliens by positing that they are purposefully keeping quiet. The reasoning is laid out best in the science fiction novel The Dark Forest, by Liu Cixin. The plot of the book, the second in a series, concerns questions of how to best interact with potentially hostile alien life. In the novel...
This theory has the advantage of only affecting one of the variables in the Drake equation and affecting the one that is the most open to speculation. It also doesn’t require us to make broad assumptions about how all alien civilizations behave; a single advanced race that acts this way would be enough to cause the observed situation. This would al...
We’ve been screaming our existence to the cosmos for almost one hundred years now. Any aliens within a one hundred light year radius of us would be receiving a barrage of radio signals from our direction. If we had reason to avoid letting aliens know about us, as Stephen Hawking thought we did, we might have a problem. Why haven’t we heard from ali...
1306 quotes from Liu Cixin: 'The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound.
“The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care.
Mar 29, 2024 · Dive into the dark forest metaphor, offering a chilling yet fascinating perspective on why the universe remains silent despite the high probability of extraterrestrial civilizations. Discover how survival and secrecy dominate cosmic strategy.
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May 9, 2016 · "Perhaps seeds of love are present in other places in the universe. We ought to encourage them to sprout and grow." (p. 512) After talking it over, both human and Trisolaran agree that even in a cutthroat universe, love is something worth taking risks for.
