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As the author of this article says at the top it makes for a fun science fiction, but doesn't necessarily make a lot of sense in reality. So why do people fixat
by izzydata 3y ago
As the author of this article says at the top it makes for a fun science fiction, but doesn't necessarily make a lot of sense in reality. So why do people fixate so much on how not realistic this particular science fiction concept is? Writing science fiction isn't about making realistic theories of how reality is. It's about writing interesting things that are only loosely related to actual science.
It's also worth noting that this hypothesis is not an original idea of Liu's it just wasn't called a Dark Forest previously.
- KineticLensman 3y ago> It's also worth noting that this hypothesis is not an original idea of Liu's Yes, Greg Bear explores the concept in Forge of God (1987) and Anvil of Stars (1992), twenty years before Liu. David Brin also covered it. Anvil of Stars really explores the moral quandary from the perspectives of a civilisation that can take revenge in such an environment.
- red-iron-pine 3y ago> Writing science fiction isn't about making realistic theories of how reality is it's called "science" fiction because there is an attempt to extract scientific theory and thought, and it's implications. Otherwise it's fantasy, space opera, or just plain ole magical fiction.