Liu Cixin A passage from "Three-Body 2: The Dark Forest":
"A hunter in a dark forest...suddenly saw...a location in the forest marked by a word that all hunters can recognize... …
Assuming that there are a million hunters in the forest (the number of civilizations in the hundreds of billions of stars in galaxy may be hundreds of times more), there may be 900,000 that ignore this sign;
Among the remaining 100,000 hunters, there may be 90,000 who will detect that location and ignore it after confirming that it has no living creatures;
Then in the last remaining 10,000 hunters, someone will definitely do it Make this choice:
shoot at that location and try, because for a civilization where technology has developed to a certain level, attacks may be less laborious than detection and safer than detection. If there is really nothing at that location , I didn’t have much loss. ”
The last paragraph is problematic:
First, from the ancient and modern civilizations of the earth to the Trisolaran: attacks have never been more labor-saving than detection .
Ancient China: Cao Cao 800,000 troops conquered Soochow, he knew first to send a Jiang Gan to explore the past with less effort;
modern It’s not clear whether North Korea has weapons of mass destruction. Even if it can eliminate North Korea, it dare not start a war easily; Come to find out the news and save trouble,Or will thousands of combined fleets set out to conquer the earth and save effort?
The author's sentence should be that "when technology develops to a certain degree of civilization", it is very simple to destroy a planet.
But this is wishful thinking.
Since it is a dark forest, naturally no one knows the strength of the opponent.
is set according to " three-body", assuming:
earth civilization is counted as level 1 civilization,
three-body civilization is counted as level 2 civilization,
later that was cursed by Luo Ji The star system is called the X galaxy,
and the one that destroyed the X galaxy called the Y planet is considered a level 3~4 civilization.
just asks a question:
Even if planet Y can easily destroy a star, why does he think that he is the most powerful in the universe, and there will be no more advanced civilizations of 5, 6, 7, 8 in other parts of the universe?
1. Is it possible for the attacked party to be stronger?
If there may be a civilization higher than planet Y in other places, will it be in galaxy X, because galaxy X is unknown.
Y is trying to destroy a higher civilization with level 3~4 civilization, is it looking for death?
Therefore, if planet Y wants to destroy galaxy X, it must first explore the reality.
It is also possible. Some people think that since I can destroy the stars, I will be done with one shot.
is not so easy, you can fight, how do you know that the opponent cannot defend?
is like a while ago,
Palestine Hamas rockets fought Israeli iron dome interceptor bombs,
If there is no one,Hamas rockets had already turned over the land of Israel.
is like a hunter knowing that an arrow will definitely kill a chick, but if you don't know whether it is a chick or a tiger, it is better to see what it is.
"Attack may be less effort than detection, but also safer than detection"? It might be a big loss.
2. Are there more powerful hunters around
Planet Y is not afraid that when he attacks, he will be discovered by higher-level civilizations around him?
For an inexplicable coordinate, is it cost-effective to expose yourself to a galaxy that does not know whether there is life?
3. I am number one in the universe, why not occupy him?
If the first two Y planets are not afraid, and proudly think that he is the number one in the universe, what is he afraid of? Why not occupy this planet?
Occupation is more profitable than eradication. Occupation is to seize resources, and eradication is to consume resources.
When the Europeans discovered the New World, they did not destroy the New World, but occupied and controlled the New World.
4. What situation will attack like in the book?
The following conditions are met before it is possible to launch an attack:
receives the signal and can interpret it,
has the ability to destroy with one blow,
thinks that it is the first in the universe,
is a dictatorship (collective decision-making is not possible This decision was made),
The dictator was insane (normally he would grab resources).
Therefore, no matter how highly developed a civilization is, there may be enemies everywhere. Without knowing how powerful the surrounding enemies are, you will not easily expose yourself for an inexplicable signal.
will not shoot randomly without knowing whether the enemy is stronger or weaker.
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