I made the mistake of reading the story synopsis awhile back and the dark Forest prob gets talked about on YouTube all the time now.
It seems like the ending doesn't go well for humans though which is sad. I typically like scifi that has a positive spin. I do like hard sci-fi or sci-fi with expansive world building like ring world, mote in God's eye, revelation space, and rendezvous with Rama to name just a few.
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It seems to me that the major achievement of the book is in making the concept of dark Forest mainstream. The concept of being silent and not attracting unwanted attention is hardly new though. The spin is on how it might be best for any species to simply launch some planet killers in the direction of anything that makes noise. Of course I don't believe that.
The spin is on how it might be best for any species to simply launch some planet killers in the direction of anything that makes noise. Of course I don't believe that.
I had the same question, but more so. Why not just pre-emptively fire everywhere, all the time, 24/7, regardless of whether stuff makes noise? It seems like that would make just as much sense from the dark forest principles. If you wait for noise you're possibly leaving yourself open to existential danger.
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I made the mistake of reading the story synopsis awhile back and the dark Forest prob gets talked about on YouTube all the time now.
It seems like the ending doesn't go well for humans though which is sad. I typically like scifi that has a positive spin. I do like hard sci-fi or sci-fi with expansive world building like ring world, mote in God's eye, revelation space, and rendezvous with Rama to name just a few.
Spoilers:
It seems to me that the major achievement of the book is in making the concept of dark Forest mainstream. The concept of being silent and not attracting unwanted attention is hardly new though. The spin is on how it might be best for any species to simply launch some planet killers in the direction of anything that makes noise. Of course I don't believe that.
I had the same question, but more so. Why not just pre-emptively fire everywhere, all the time, 24/7, regardless of whether stuff makes noise? It seems like that would make just as much sense from the dark forest principles. If you wait for noise you're possibly leaving yourself open to existential danger.