The Terrifying Mystery of The Fourth Dimension | Three Body Problem Series 

What do mean???

Darkness is where it all begins. Master darkness and you'll master the self. From there... The possibilities are limitless.

@@manueldelarosa7723 that's how the video ends lol

@@theautodan7095 Ya know, that's just kind of edgy word soup that doesn't really mean anything. In the context of the story, that "darkness" is dimensional collapse. Not exactly a whole lot of possibilities or mastery to be had at the 1st dimension.

"life begins in darkness" - Count Servigny

Definitely read the redemption of time as well apparently it’s a new ending which even the author gave his consent for

@@muthias4582 Is it a book by another author?

@@askani21 A fanfiction. The author Liu was relatively open-minded about it. But that does not represents Liu's own thought about the real conclusion.

@@askani21 it is but like I said Qixin gave his blessing for it.

@@Albert_C in the end the author has the final say on his own fictional universe and if he says the redemption of time is canon then it’s canon

yeah. because it is totally logical. I do not believe in it. but since it is a logical equilibrium it is a real possibility...

But think about of the potential profits and fame!

@@fabiankempazo7055 I wouldn’t say totally logical it’s just only a potential reality but potential doesn’t mean that it’s real. It’s better that we don’t jump at shadows and hope for the best and be prepared for the worst.

I think it will come down to how cost-efficient and difficult it'll be for advanced civs to "terraform" new planets to their liking. If it's comparatively easy, then planets in your immediate vicinity become much more attractive to settle on, than some distant lush green planet. We humans could already do reasonable terraforming ( albeit it'll take generations upon generations in our perception of time ) with our current energy output, that in its majority relies solely on fossil fuels. Imagine a spacefaring civ that can already harness the full energy output of their star.

@@guysome3263 We cant even keep this planet terraformed for our own existence. The difficult part of all of this for me to imagine is intelligent species acting together for thier mutual benefit. Humans would be helpless against any properly organized civilization.

True. I hadnt thought about It.

I agree, the series can be dark and depressing but it uses that to contrast with it's more hopeful side. The female protagonist of the third book is a great example of this idea. She is compassionate(to a fault) and always wants to do the right thing(even when doing the "wrong" thing would save countless of lives)

In fact I found it too optimistic

That depends on your definition of optimism I guess. Some people are perfectly capable of hacking their fear of personal death by comforting themselves with the idea that information about them will remain. In order to feel comforted by this tale, however, you need to hack your fear even further and feel comforted by the idea that despite everything you are, was and will ever be, along with everything you have ever known will be remade into shapes that are only reminiscent to those familiar to you based on infinite extrapolation of possibility. "It's ok, because you will probably be remade an infinite amount of times."

The thing is, before COVID, most western readers commented saying Liu Cixin had too little faith in humanity. Well... Not anymore.

that was a message sent by the giant civilisations. i dont know if it means it is true, but it has some truth to it. if, newtonion gravity, which is a good measure of gravity in non-relativistic situations, works the same way in other dimensions, then the 2nd dimension would have stronger gravity as a whole, and it can actually collapse on itself (currently it seems the universe just keeps on expanding)

I got chills when I read that.

Loved the last sentence of deaths end

Problem is all it takes is for one society to not follow that same protocal. We extend a hand and they wipe us out. One mistake and its over

@@ivangrossman6876 but it makes no sense for any species to subscribe to the Dark Forest mentality when dimension strikes are a thing. Either you make peace or everyone will die, all other logic is absurd in the face of that. It makes weighing the risk/benefit of war seem trivial. With war there is no survival and with peace there is a slim chance.

@@ivangrossman6876 Indeed but again what I’m just pointing out is that we don’t know and we shouldn’t act on suspicions that we don’t know if they are true. Otherwise we will end up creating our own enemies anyway regardless.

My curious explorer mind doesn't understand this "fear of the unknown" mentality. To me, one can only be afraid of what one knows.

@@mugwump7049 The fear of the unknown is being afraid of what you might find basically like what fear of the dark is. You don’t know what’s out there and your mind plays tricks on you depending on how paranoid you are. The best thing to do is to remind yourself you don’t know and as you said you should only really fear what you know and only when you have a reason to.

LMFAO BRO this description is me rn i am DROWNING in the dread

I really don't get that fear. We already assume that the universe will end in a heat death. And that heat death will happen in an unimaginably distant future. Why would you worry about humanity's fate in trillions upon trillions of years when it is not even guaranteed that we won't wipe ourselves out within the next few hundred years?

Are you out or escape velocity's insufficient? 😅

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Wha? That’s the coolest part, you gotta fight for your right to paaaaaartaaaay

I don't put too much stock in the dark forest. Humanity has already sent out greeting cards into rhe universe so others might learn about us. Why not others too? With such vast sizes of this galaxy, let alone the universe, there should be lots of resources. Enough that the heat death of the universe will likely get us before we run out. Like the cold war, nuking each other into oblivion just isn't economical. Especially when you figure out that most of the water and iron in the solar system aren't on earth. Makes more sense for aliens to go after titan, mars, and the asteroid belt, where humans are not got to fight to the death over it.

@@whitemagus2000 thats a great analogy

@@whitemagus2000 We havent put out a real signal yet tho. In the book they had to use a star to amplify the message to be heard. We on the other hand are sending out radio signals thinking we are doing something. While we look with a magnify glass at the top of the ocean contemplating what the ocean floor is like. Compared to the civilizations in the novel we are still cavemen. Also extra pessimism here.... look at our governments... do you really think we can pull anything off besides tax breaks for the ultra wealthy lol

IKR I’m luvin this narration 😭🙏🏾🔥 We need more 😮

Yes please!

NO FK U finish mysts of avalon!!!!

I just checked out the Kindle version of The Three Body problem from my local library. So far I'm only a few pages in. I hope it lives up to the hype.

@@spiritbond8 no one cares about low quality garbage no one has heard about.

An entire civilization run off the power of a single LED. I want you to imagine that. Now think of how much we waste in terms of energy when it comes to simply thinking these thoughts. A civilization that has prepared for the Great Heat Death of the universe will have slowed thoughts to measure in Eons to what would take us mere seconds right now.

Now think of that LED being an entire civilization to conserve energy and material. The objective is to simply wait, to survive the End of Everything.

@@Life-tastic Singer and his tribe were not waiting though, they were engaged in a war with someone else, and it was not going well for Singer and company. If you can wait things out like that, the sacrifice might be worth what you gain.

@@arbiterskiss6692 Of course, however this example was not specifically for Singer. It is only an example of the various reasons and ways species go about it.

Wasn't Singer and the Seed he was living on still three-dimensional though? At the end of the scene, it is pretty much confirmed that their homeworld would make the move into two-dimensional space as a defensive action, but does that mean the species as a whole is already adapted to two-dimensional living, even the individuals on off-world colonies like Singer?

Very wise comment

Even atoms will eventually decay into nothing but quarks

Every atom in me was made in stars and ever atom will return to stars. Life is a brief candle.

I mean, in our univers3

Ok, this makes a lot of sense then, had some issues trying to completely understand how that was applied.

Amen

It’s not fiction lbs

Alistair Reynolds is my favourite author ✍️ of modern sci-fi, another that I’ve found recently is Neal Asher!!! Peace out from the police state of north Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Hey that's exactly the same, my friend recommended this book to me and I read the whole series in a week, and this book was like the initiation ceremony of SciFi books for me...

Well, Ken Liu is the translater althoug he writes very good science fiction too.

@@ericdraven3654 yup 👍

Have you tried audiobooks?

The books on Audible was a great listen

@@qaztim11 no I haven’t. That’s a great idea, thanks! 😎👍

Was going to suggest audiobooks.. but someone beat me to it.. ADD here too.. I love audiobooks while doing other stuff...

The audio book is superb. I listen to it while I work

Woot!

i do think the moral of the story is to enjoy the moment and live your life fully. As Luo Ji continues to promote

The problem is that real life tends towards stability. The dark forest turns into the enchanted forest. Predators define each others' territories and are subject to natural l Iimitations. Birds squawk. In fact most complex animals are evolved to make noise. This by itself disproves the dark forest theory.

@@trequor what ? no,

Boy, you are in for a ride. I won't spoil anything but they do reveal the physical appearance of trisolarians there, is NOT what you expect. It's beautiful. God this series are unbelievably incredible

The protagonist in the third book, Cheng Xin, gets depressed about this whole revelation, but one of the other characters reminds her that she needs to live her life and these questions lie outside of the scope of the burden that rest on her shoulders.

@@m82a1light50cal after finishing the third book, now I'm even more depressed. the ending is too open for my taste, I'd like concrete answers like "everybody in the little universes returned to the big universe so the mass is enough for the collapse and new big bang" or not. also, the author is sadistic. was it too hard to make Yun Tianming and AA be in the little universe waiting for Cheng Xin?. after all they went through, the guy literally went through hundreds of light years and centuries for her, and never got to see her again!. but Tomoko is still "alive". sorry girl, you don't get to see the guy that loved you for centuries and gifted you a star and a little universe, you don't get to see your best friend AA either, but you get to see again Tomoko the evil trisolaris robot and be friends with her!. yay!. and I'm not sure I even like Cheng Xin, she made a big mistake TWICE. Wade or Luo Ji were prepared to do what was necessary to give humanity the best chance against Trisolaris and the rest of the dark forest. she wasn't, the vibes I got from her were like "oh no!, I'm a poor girl!, I don't know what to do!!, boo hoo!!, poor me!!!". She was the opposite of Ye Wenjie. I would have liked more about the people from Blue Space and Gravity solving problems, conquering space, settling on planets, creating a new civilization or society... we get some information about that, but we don't see it happening. it's like the whole last third of the third book is a big disappointment and doesn't solve all plot points in a satisfactory way for me. it's like Mass Effect 3 all over again.

Chang Xin is like a well written adult version of Darth Vader.

Other than remembrance of earth which I have not read.. it’s as if I wrote this post almost exactly…

Absolutely true.

Try reading pushing ice

bookrepository ships worldwide and have them, and a lot other books

Nothing compares to being 14. Check, for instance the music charts from when you were that age, the just published comics, the popular movies...

If any book series is the absolute definition of "unfilmable", it's this one!

@@vollsticks people are saying they already casted actors for it and production started this November, someone commented this on my other post. Also Dan and Dave are going to be the showrunners.

@@sydnitheromantictaylor112 Dan and Dave?! Game Of Thrones Dan and Dave?! Ohhh deary me

@@vollsticks Cixin Liu has commented and seems to be supportive of the Netflix show.

@@HEYabbot or really supportive of money

Wait there is a adaptation going on?

@@luclin92 Yeah, it was announced late last year for Netflix. They recently made a cast announcement.

I'm extremely excited and weary at the same time

@@qaztim11 *wary. Weary means tired.

Ahh come on. The first few series of Game of Thrones were top top tier stuff. Filmed brilliantly, acted class, and production design etc was top notch. It only lost its way at the end when they ran out of source material. There’s no issue of that happening here

Acid will do that to you

Shall we go, you and I while we can, through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?

@@jybrokenhearted And lead to 'demention' dementia

@bryce burchett That’s exactly right. Cixin Liu explains it that way in the books

They are, they make an appearance in the first book when the Trisolarians start folding protons. Civilizations exist still in other dimensions but are much weaker

An epilogue? What? I read the whole trilogy, and it scarred me for life lolll. I need to read this epilogue too. What's it about?

Outside this simulation we call "our life" here on earth & as we cross over into the afterlife, time will no longer exist & the soul will be at peace as everything that ever was will be 1 an back home in a true state of nervina (some call it heaven) be running free like a group of wild horses gallouping into infinity my friend :)