![]() ![]() It's the explanation for the Fermi Paradox." This is the picture of cosmic civilization. An eternal threat that any life that exposes its own existence will be swiftly wiped out. ![]() If he finds other life-another hunter, an angel or a demon, a delicate infant or a tottering old man, a fairy or a demigod-there's only one thing he can do: open fire and eliminate them. The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him. 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. I have The Dark Forest on the Kindle, so I looked up how this is explained in the book (spoilers, obvs): This is the Dark Forest solution to the Fermi paradox. Maybe the civilizations that attracted attention in the past were wiped away by invisible arrows. Maybe it's full of civilizations but they are hiding from each other. We want to call out and reveal ourselves to anyone watching but that could be the last thing we ever do. ![]() We desperately want to know if we are alone in the Milky Way. Inspired by the second book in Liu Cixin's excellent Three-Body Problem trilogy, Kurzgesagt made a video about the Dark Forest solution to the Fermi paradox.Ĭonfronted with the seemingly empty universe, humanity faces a dilemma. ![]()
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