The San-Ti Explain how they Stop Science on Earth | 3 Body Problem | Netflix

The San-Ti explain their centuries-long plan of stopping scientific progression on earth to Jin Cheng (Jess Hong) and Thomas Wade (Liam Cunningham). While the scientific break down may seem a little complex, the San-Ti's message is crystal clear: they will not be stopped. Maybe I should’ve paid more attention in science class. Or not because I'd be a San-Ti target? Either way, watch 3 Body Problem, only on Netflix!
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Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.

[@Hellkite-er5pg]

All of this could have been avoided if Mike Evans didn't read Little Red Ridding Hood.

[@kordova2182]

Or if Ye Wengie didn't get screwed over in life a bunch.

[@user-ud3hr3rw4h]

No. Santi has decided to take the earth when they received the message from Ye wenjie

[@tachiiderp]

Eventually they will know regardless if this book was read lol

[@TheShicksinator]

​@@user-ud3hr3rw4hbut they thought they could coexist until they discovered we can lie

[@slylataupe4272]

Yeah, or at least he could have lied about the fact that we lie when it asked for confirmation 🤦‍♂️

[@TheRishijoesanu]

For the love of God, Netflix. Please don't cancel this show. We need The Dark Forest.

[@Kumurajiva]

The original books are out for a long time, so what does Netflix figure in the not so grand scheme of things?

[@Hard-R-Energy]

@@Kumurajiva The existence of the books doesn't mean the series can't be cancelled. Any number of things can cause a show to have its plug pulled. Happens all the time; politics behind the scenes, union strikes, waning interest, a scandal, budget issues, etc.. I'm not saying any of these things will happen, but the fact that the books are complete holds no bearing on the continuation of the show.

[@bilinski2546]

People need to watch it so netflix would be enticed to renew so please promote the show. It's all about profitability

[@Preda.Y]

no we don't. These books are dogshit

[@sneakerhead4236]

S02 confirmed can't cancel the guys who made GOT. Your company would never recover.

[@GreatBuckeyeGamer]

This scene had my jaw on the floor. The fact that the admitted aliens they were the ones at a disadvantage but managed to find a way to outplay the human race is terrifying.

[@olafjansowidz]

Not really

[@dj_bosnian99.21]

@@olafjansowidzyes really

[@olafjansowidz]

@@dj_bosnian99.21 no

[@Shhamat221Latif]

​@@olafjansowidz Tri was a disadvantage against human... That's why they sabotage human development focus on human science since they are afraid base on their calculations when they arrive 400 years later humans will progress and surpass them. Humans in earth progress was rapid support by stable earth without any catastrophes that delay the progress especially in science meanwhile The Tri eventhough ancient race and existing millions of millions years earlier than human have to restarted every time catastrophic happens in their home planets....

[@user-cd5fm3hh9k]

​@@dj_bosnian99.21 bug people has plot armor to not being wiped out before they contact hoomans

[@radosawczuj1054]

I love how the fight between humanity and aliens is a kind of realistic back and fourth game, there is no "grand evil plan" most actions are reactionary and both sides are clearly scared.

[@keewayne3]

Humans started it first. Aliens needed to fight back to survive.

[@richardcano1824]

Idk about “are”. Maybe they were clearly scared way before but at the time this took place they seemed confident in their technology and success. They were even calling humans names lol

[@gmiller4165]

@@keewayne3wdym humans started it? All that humans did was said a “hello” through radio, and then an INDIVIDUAL basically damned the entire race because she thought she knew best. Humans didn’t start anything, everything humanity does is in self defense

[@eduardmanecuta5350]

​@@keewayne3 From what I know in this one the aliens decided to conquer the planet from the start. Remeber the first message they recive from them.

[@sagar3455]

@@eduardmanecuta5350 It was conquering not derived from ambition but conquering for survival. Because in three body star system, there is no guarantee that situation cannot become so harsh that even their dehydration will fail and leading them to extinction.

[@DavidArriola]

Forget Independence Day, an alien civilization depriving us of the ability to do science is the most terrifying thing there can be.

[@roastpork5437]

I enjoy Independence Day for what it was but it was very conventional alien invasion story that Hollywood is used to. This one... this is something most people have never even dreamt of.

[@nickwu6534]

that's why this book series earned so many awards

[@josephimpellizeri5682]

There are those among us that want to destroy science and prevent our advancement. We don't need aliens... just look around and listen to what the radical extremist among us are saying.

[@but_at_what_cost]

许多科幻作家有一两个点子就可以写一部小说了，而刘慈欣在这三部小说中毫不吝啬的给你奉百倍的头脑风暴，我第一次读小说时大为震撼。

[@chrristianhenriksen9763]

i think of it as impossible to do such a thing. If the alien civilization is so smart they wouldnt need to travel 1% of lightspeed over 400 years to reach us. With this kind of technology to turn a proton into a supercomputer they would also have the ability to fold space or even travel through wormholes I suppose. This alien race if its an alien race, is extremely smart and know its technology.

[@jorgepeterbarton]

One of the most disturbing scenes of the book got omitted. There were various failed attempts at unfolding a photon, one of which revealed a universe of sentient life within the folded dimensions, and they effectively ended a universe doing this

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Damn that's right...and they launched an assault from that micro-universe.

[@irabradlee7837]

The eye in the sky

[@FargonNemeloc]

Don't think sorry's easily said Don't try turning tables instead You've taken lots of chances before But I ain't gonna give anymore Don't ask me That's how it goes 'Cos part of me knows what you're thinking Don't say words you're gonna regret Don't let fire rush to your head I've heard the accusation before And I ain't gonna take anymore Believe me The sun in your eyes Made some of the lies worth believing I am the eye in the sky Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind And I don't need to see anymore to know that I can read your mind (looking at you) I can read your mind (looking at you) I can read your mind (looking at you) I can read your mind (looking at you) Don't leave false illusions behind Don't cry I ain't changing my mind So find another fool like before 'Cos I ain't gonna live anymore believing Some of the lies while all of the sign are deceiving I am the eye in the sky Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind And I don't need to see anymore to know that I can read your mind (looking at you) I can read your mind (looking at you) I can read your mind (looking at you) I can read your mind (looking at you)

[@olegchaika7898]

Can you tell me in which book at which page it was? Want to read it again

[@Condoctuc]

Nah not exactly, the book says that there ‘COULD HAVE’ been life within that atom existing on another plane, and the trisolarans use it as propaganda to tell their populace not to feel bad for the destruction of earth because civilizations get destroyed all the time

[@evanz343]

I love Sophon's soothing voice. Comforting and intelligent at the same time. I could listen to her explaining how they're going to destroy earth all day 😂

[@DekkarJr]

shes so arrogant xD dommy mommy :D

[@sebastiansegovia6115]

santi will never ballin

[@weiyuan5007]

Somebody’s a sapiosexual

[@williamhutton2126]

I wonder how they are going to deal with the fact that it was women (2 women - three separate events) that ultimately doomed humanity?

[@pasu-yq4gf]

I was so blown away by the quality of this show. Huge fan of the books, thought they were unadaptable, but here we are ADVANCING!!!

[@KunalBalani]

Sir Davos survived the long night to see another one

[@arielathomo229]

😂😂😂ha ha hahaha nice call back brother.

[@nitroxide17]

But Sam Tarly....

[@Trash0815]

And he though that night was dark and full of terror, he didnt know what lurks in the dark forest...

[@eternal_napalm6442]

The universe is dark and full of terrors.

[@IdkMaybeShawn]

the whole idea that they don't understand information hiding as a concept makes very little sense when you realize that the very first response received by Ye was "a pacificist" on his world who said don't contact this world again or we will invade. the implication being, he was going to HIDE the fact that he received a response from the rest of his telepathic buddies.

[@levischorpioen]

Somehow the “Our catastrophies aren’t really catastrophies, we’ve never had to start over” line is the most terrifying one of all to me. More of this cosmic horror, existential dread feel please!

[@eternal_napalm6442]

You haven't seen anything yet.

[@levischorpioen]

@@eternal_napalm6442 Oh I’ve read the books, I know what’s up 😉

[@einsam_aber_frei]

I’m a bit sceptical about the belief that we don’t have catastrophes in the past. Many people believe that there were megalithic civilisations but they were completely wiped out before the Young Dryas era twelve thousand years ago. They left behind nothing except huge stones, like Stonehenge in England, Pyramid in Giza, etc. We still cannot explain how those large granite stones were perfectly cut and transported and stacked together. And there are proofs of large catastrophic events happened in the Young Dryas era that has led to massive sea level rises and the complete desertification of Sahara. We may find more proofs under the ocean or in the Sahara Desert some day.

[@dennisd9875]

although, do we know for sure? asteroids could have destroyed prior civilizations. A flood? Atlantis, etc

[@levischorpioen]

@@dennisd9875 Individual civilizations? Maybe. The Spanish Inquisition caused the end of the Aztecs. The difference is that every Chaotic Era is an apocalyptic event wiping out all of the San Ti, meaning that the equivalent for us would be a single event that wiped out all of humanity and set us back one step of the evolutionary chain. We’ve had massive catastrophies, the Black Plague being the most recent one, wiping out 50% of Europe’s population. However, that’s still just one continent. A catastrophe like what the San Ti would endure during a Chaotic Era, wiping out all of humanity (or whatever subset of the Homo species we would’ve been)…no, it’s never been scientifically proven that we have been through that.

[@anearthian894]

Look Netflix, you have to understand this season is not attracting its potential, they have done a great job. But the real deal in this series is whats next...so please dont cancel it and let them make the next one.

[@thomas.parnell7365]

Makes think really theirs two of those particles yes powerful but not godlike say humans establish a large industrial outpost on oort cloud kept top secret built a new particle accelerator in deep space make the huge discovery's and forward the results back to earth via radio or means of probe disguised as a comet .

[@rhhhhr647]

I love her voice. She sounds menacing yet controlled.

[@technofilejr3401]

Cheerfully menacing. I think if Auggie had been brought into the VR scape she would have understood just how screwed we are.

[@petermatthews3729]

The actor's name is Sea Shimooka. Not surprised she did so well in this role, even with limited work history. In the credits and elsewhere her character is just referred to as "Sophon".

[@eternal_napalm6442]

ASMR.

[@andrenhamilton5726]

'In place of truth, we give you miracles. We wrap your world in illusions; we make you see what we want you to see'. I got chills, tbest scene of the entire series. Please don't cancel this, Netflix!

[@EgonFarkas]

De hiszen már nagyon - nagyon régóta így megy... nem akarunk mást látni, csak az illúziót.

The universe will remain a mystery to you.

[@kajagoogoo9613]

Sounds like politicians and the WEF.

[@starparik]

Thats how religions were created 😹

[@sameerkhaleel2027]

easily hacked into our computers created a scenario where there is WW3 and have us all killed by nuclear war or could have launched them on thier own too but chose to disrupt science 🙄

[@NRV0]

This series brought "cosmic horror" to me. It so scary to think that we are not alone in the universe and every other civilization out there wants to kill you if they find you.

[@sadsa-mi5lh]

there is a guy who make really good videos about those kind of books. he got me hooked into the 3BP quinn idea if you want to check him out

[@NRV0]

@@sadsa-mi5lh Yea I've seen a couple of Quinn videos! He amazing!

[@mattsmith1859]

This isn't quite 'cosmic horror'.

[@GraceCHenry]

FYI if you want to find similar media (books, tv, and movies), this is more cosmic existentialism than cosmic horror. The movie "Interstellar" fits in that category but is a bit more optimistic.

[@user-mz7de3kc3d]

If our planet was dying we would want to do the same. That’s very in line with human nature.

[@lollotek_]

This scene got stuck into my head, the logic behind it, not telling about the graphic skill put into these effects, the fear it instills, masterpiece

[@madinadi117]

3 body problems is the most interesting series I have seen in years

[@Pong_ping95]

nothing beats stranger things

[@ibranumba9155]

@@Pong_ping95 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@maruf7956]

Read the books it's soo good

[@Nole369]

​@@maruf7956 does book explain how did they surpass in technology when they have catastrophe frequently?

[@maruf7956]

@@Nole369 in the middle they had 8000 or so years where they had stable era

[@Sa199_]

It's amazing, please don't cancel it. I haven't enjoyed a show like this in months

[@razz0404]

Try years

[@SpaceTravel1776]

Great sci-fi concepts, characters aren't compelling, bad "romance" stories shoehorned in make me check my phone.

[@BLVCKSPVDE]

They green light another season already

[@Nytesplat]

@@SpaceTravel1776counter argument, the characters ARE compelling and their romances are integral to what is happening in the long run.

[@sws212]

@@BLVCKSPVDE That's just a lie. The creators are prepping one just in case but nothing has been confirmed. The show did okay in views but still tough to see if it warrants the budget for season 2/3 which are probably twice what season 1 cost.

[@KILROY94]

cut out the best part: „we will teach you how to fear again“

[@sid2112]

Those poor aliens, there is nothing more dangerous in this universe than a scared and pissed off hairless ape.

[@tonymacintosh3744]

I fear the end of the month RENT!!!!!

[@QuixoticSativa]

I fear Bill Gates's bio engineered mosquitoes

[@vampiricalchemist]

This has so much meaning, specially given the fermi paradox theory this show is based off of.

[@hitekx4065]

@@vampiricalchemist Did you read the 2nd book? It's literally the Dark Forest theory.

[@a.p.e.x3195]

The “our catastrophes aren’t catastrophe’s” just goes to show that we are very lucky to even exist

[@aditya-ml6km]

we don't know yet. Our existence is like a blink in the earth's history.

[@Plusimurfriend]

We had a few catastrophic resets, its just the mainstream "science" this fiction is based on doesn't want to acknowledge the evidence.

[@eternal_napalm6442]

RIP dinosaurs

[@Hinokami777]

@@aditya-ml6kmthat’s why he means for humans. We’ve never been wiped out to be extinct

[@romainrisso2438]

In addition to the entire scene that's just too good, can we talk about the San-Ti actress acting! It's not that's easy to remain so mechanical and monotonous while acting, but she's perfect, she carries the entire scene!

[@klaushermann6760]

Instead of science, we give you miracles. That gave me the creeps.

[@greg.peepeeface]

because you are a person of science

[@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440]

@@greg.peepeeface Isn't that the point?

[@greg.peepeeface]

@@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440 obviously

[@AlhemicarPrvi]

C. e .r .n

[@wyqtor]

Extinguishing Sagan's candle...

[@kittlydelrey]

The crew of this show have done an incredible job visualizing the heady concepts in the books. Please, please, please renew this show.

[@DekkarJr]

ya there are million different artistic renderings of ways any of this could have looked and they managed to do a pretty good job of making it actually kind of simple - it's a computer that can cause mass hallucinations and communicate instantaneously across at least 4.1 lightyears of space. How do you even visualize what that is suppsoed to look like? What is a computer printed on a proton even supposed to look like? How do we even get down that small and construct anything out of anything when we are already as small as one of the smallest units in physics already. How are there molecules and elements down here that make up a computer - idk xD its so wild it brings me so many questions.

[@tagreene06]

It still boggles my mind how well D&D pulled it off. I'm so ready for season 2

[@jackxiao9702]

As long as they don’t write it. Which is odd, because Benioff wrote a really great book “City of Thieves”

[@Johnny-fw9xj]

I don't understand why so many people are crying for the horror of this series, and no one mentions the beauty of it. I find so many parallels of beauty in the storytelling and especially the screenplay, it's a story of human weirdness in all it's glory and gore.

[@Johnny-fw9xj]

Ps. I am 100% willing to cancel my newly acquired Netflix subscription shall this series second season be cancelled.

[@herm712]

This show is a nerd's heaven: space, aliens, particles, the Fermi paradox, multiple dimensions, quantum mechanics, nanotechnology...🤓🤓🤓 I thoroughly enjoyed this and I sincerely hope they give it another season. We don't get enough high concept sci-fi dramas that are this good. Last one I really loved was The Expanse. Hopefully Netflix won't break our hearts on this one.

[@chasx7062]

Wow, you never saw the first season of Raised by Wolf??? (second season was bleh)

[@herm712]

@@chasx7062 No I think I missed that one. It's on HBO right? I might have to check it out.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

its nerd heaven but its incredibly pessimistic, its a future for losers awaiting death.

[@NoNoSquare]

And don't forget the splash of gore

[@justanaverage1762]

this show is woke garbage that botched every cool concept of the book into easily digestible garbage for low iq redditors, i feel bad for the chinese people seeing their literature destroyed by mentally ill netflix executives like this

[@joefunk1611]

This scene blew me away. First the damn nanowire ship scene that immediately made me think of the opening for ‘ghost ship’ and I was like…wow Netflix you really just did that. Then this scene. Episode 5 was an absolutely incredible ride.

[@bbwayne11]

This scene still makes my skin crawl , so well done.

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Best episode of sci-fi ever, perhaps.

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

The nanowires, amirite? Watching that, "Holy shit, like near invisible scythes!"

[@Vaultboy-ke2jj]

@@eternal_napalm6442you’ve never watched the Expanse if you think that was the best episode in sci-fi

[@lifeofkuan]

I am so happy they showed it in all its morbid glory and didn't try to downplay it at all.

[@brandonwallace1725]

I am so happy this is getting popular. This book changed the course of my life.

[@Shupao77]

really? for the better?

[@brandonwallace1725]

@@Shupao77 Absolutely. I switched my major to mathematics because of it.

[@Liuwie]

@@brandonwallace1725that’s so cool

[@willowwisp1000]

Well we all know what you would have done if you had seen the first alien message

[@brandonwallace1725]

@@willowwisp1000 I'd make Wade look like an innocent child.

[@leagueofshadows5133]

Here after netflix announced season 2 and possible 3 is coming 🎉

[@jeffbachman2949]

One of the writers and directors confirmed on their social media it will be 3 seasons.

[@user-343-8fx]

I was speechless after this episode, this is what we call epic!!

[@MihirPoojari]

Which episode is this?

[@eternal_napalm6442]

@@MihirPoojari Episode 5

[@ThiagoSilveira1]

You should definitely read the book. This scene is way explained in more details and it is terrifying.

[@Akira_Nakamoto]

@@ThiagoSilveira1 It's still sci-fantasy, not scientific. Quantum entanglement renders on truly randomness, which is equivalent to Vernam Cipher or Shannon's Perfect Secrecy. That is to say, the information channel delivers ZERO information in Vernam Cipher. In other words, quantum entanglement cannot be used to transfer any information.

[@captainusa2076]

@@Akira_Nakamoto like Santi said," for u it is impossible but for us it is possible".

[@mitchyG90210]

The San-Ti here gives off such malevolent and eerie vibes, hats off!

[@chidieberendukwu]

If you read the 3rd book in the series, you will appreciate how sick and twisted she really is.

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Season 3 is apocalyptic.

[@nizicike759]

​@@chidieberendukwu No , If We are the advanced one ,We will do same to the weaker one as San-Ti do to us ,Then the weaker civilization will say:that the fuck earth civilization never has basic moral or sympathy at all

[@user-su8gz4nm6g]

@@chidieberendukwu I believe the Trisolarans are not worse than Earthlings. When Europeans came to the Americas, the Native Americans were massacred by the Europeans when they encountered Europeans who had more advanced science than them. The Trisolarans do not harbor hatred towards Earthlings; they, like the Europeans arriving in the Americas, simply need to survive

[@DekkarJr]

It's so deadpan and psychopathic. Like being tied up a in serial killers trunk and he's just standing over you looking you in the eye telling you what he's gonna do to do you and how long it's gonna last and then he slams the trunk shut and that's the last thing you ever see! Chills

[@odorousobject8165]

The shape you see the Sophon take when they're expanding it is a Calabi-Yau manifold and is a theoretical depiction of multiple folded dimensions. It's hard to imagine what it looks like - we barely can imagine what 4D objects look like (hyperspheres, hypercubes). This example would be a 6th dimensional fold and such objects are thought to be able to store a nearly infinite amount of information, could potentially open up wormholes in lower space dimensions like in ours, and a lot more. So blowing up a proton for nuclear computing purposes, printing onto it a giant computer along it's 6D surface, and then shrinking it back down (if one could do such a thing) is technically feasible in 11D String Theory. You get 11 dimensions from 9 space and 2 time (or 8 space and 3 time if you wanna get real fancy)

[@resonanceofambition]

Ah that folding gave me shivers. Such a beautiful animation they made.

[@codexaeterna]

The creation of the Sophon was the most mind-blowing part of the first book for me. It looks awesome on screen but I wish they didn't rush it.

[@eternal_napalm6442]

It was a great way to introduce the 10 dimensions and the Chain of Suspicion, too.

[@jorgepeterbarton]

the destruction of a whole universe of beings was highly disturbing and foreshadows later things that happen to our universe in the third book too, but seems omitted - one of the most 'cosmic horror' parts of it.

[@Condoctuc]

That was scene that had me hooked, I was absolutely mind blown I had to pause the audiobook to rewind the explanation of how they unfolded the higher dimensions, the show should’ve had the scenes of the initial failures of the sophon building where the proton becomes a bunch of string that falls all over the planet, or the bit where they discuss how there could’ve been a whole civilization existing within the proton that they just destroyed

[@jjsamuelgunn1136]

that's the thing with sci fi for the masses. most people will go to sleep if you start going too much into the science. imagine if the producers spent ten minutes explaining how a light saber or the enterprise transporter beam works. unfolding the 10 dimensions? i can't even fold my washed linen.

[@Pixel_FX]

I guess they had to rush it. because this already cost them the highest ever for a Netflix series. If it was Apple, HBO or amazon it would have been better since they have the money to do huge projects.

[@lawtraf8008]

One of my favorite shows ever already. I'm so excited for the next seasons. Please Netflix don't cancel this masterpiece like you did 1899... Mind-boggling shows like these are my favorite types of shows. I'm still praying that one day a miracle happens and you decide to uncancellled 1899 but for now please renew 3 body problems. I won't feel at ease until I hear the news that it has been renewed. For now I'm mentally preparing myself in case you cancel it like you did many other amazing shows.

[@malclmhexed5978]

Yeah, “1899” and “The OA” too hope they both get renewed for a season somewhere else…even though their from different streaming services I hope “Raised by wolves” and “The peripheral” get revived elsewhere as well 🤞

[@rogueninja4719]

I'm not going to watch it until the whole season is done. It does look and sound good so I'm eager to watch it. Even though it made quite a lot of changes, I am not complaining. What i do hope for is that they get to adapt the Dark Forest story as I want to see certain events that i wont spoil as i read both books (and currently on the third)

[@user-mz7de3kc3d]

@@rogueninja4719the whole season is done That’s how Netflix works

[@ChrisZybeZ]

season 1 is already complete my man@@rogueninja4719

[@_martian101]

​@@rogueninja4719you got complete season at the day they released it

[@tasmeeaziz6316]

The whole episode left me speechless, from the brutal ship scene and then this reveal was top-tier television. I need season 2!

[@imperadorbueno]

Even her voice being like that contributes to the impact of the scene. This is one of the best series scenes I've watched in recent times.

[@gennadicole7102]

The fact that it’s really people who would call those things “lords” that wanna eradicate us and take our beautiful planet for themselves 🤦🏾‍♀️. Have the audacity to call us bugs, but literally had to kill our science so that we wouldn’t kick their ass in 400 years 😩I’m so ready for season 2!

[@1999yasin]

Did you know that your average San-Ti is as small as an ant? They're projecting and projecting hard! xD

[@salbin9854]

@@1999yasindid the jack guy blow one of them when going first into the simulation.

[@MH-sm5qk]

just like Gelflings and Skeksis

[@riesstiu2khunning]

@@1999yasin They remained undescribed in the trilogy. Their physiology was only given in a book by another author, and it doesn't make sense to me. How could the ships of such tiny creatures hold enough space for Tianming and fields of crops?

[@1999yasin]

@@riesstiu2khunning I aware! Why, I'm not sure how much of that book we're allowed to consider canon either, but they should be perfectly capable to build a space ship large enough to harbour a human or even entire fields!

[@football_ix_lovee]

This TV show is a masterpiece in terms of science and cosmology. This deserves 6 seasons

[@user-mz7de3kc3d]

There are only 3 books

[@_martian101]

​@@user-mz7de3kc3d it's Netflix, they could make 6 seasons, 3 from original book and 3 from their own imagination

[@tachiiderp]

The producers have said they'll have 4 seasons max

[@eamonreidy9534]

​@@user-mz7de3kc3dthe later two books are much longer. Though it would take an incredible scriptwriter to make it screenworthy

[@Dean1000...]

There is 4th spinoff book by another writer approved by writer of original trilogy.

[@FallenJustice]

This scene was incredible and left me speechless. The horror is paralyzing.

[@IanPaoloAcosta]

It's the realization of humanity's utter powerlessness against this that makes the feeling of terror wash over like freezing water while being in a pitch dark cave.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

powerless for you maybe, I refuse logic and sanity in the face of such horror, break the unbreakable, touch the untouchable.

[@IanPaoloAcosta]

@@keithfilibeck2390 It makes sense that you want to break what's UNbreakable, etc., if you refuse logic.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

@@IanPaoloAcosta because we can and will do so, the human will is strongest thing on the planet, and it'll certainly rival anything in the stars.

[@lolhcd]

@@keithfilibeck2390 but that's very self-centered. Human will compared to the will of the trisolarians in that universe is... we are what they called "bugs". Their will to survive multiple catactlystic events that destroyed their civilzation multiple times, yet they came back multiple times, shows how ingrained their resilience is. Their world was all about survival of the fittest AND YET they still evolved intelligence and technology on a world where a simple "survive extreme heat/cold/natural catastrophe etc., so become maybe a simple organism" would suffice. It shows how insignificant we can be because in the end, we aren't that special or as special as we thought. Just another branch of life existing through the universe, still in walking in its narcissistic and ego-centered infant stages.

[@IanPaoloAcosta]

@@keithfilibeck2390 Among stellar beings, who do you have humans to compare to?

[@checkma8s]

I watched so many movies and series. And nothing surprises me anymore. I thought.. then i watched this. Mindblown

[@nickelcobalt2966]

I loved how the show does it but the way the book did this scene is very different and even more mind blowing, I highly recommend

[@mikeunleashed1]

Time to do less watching and more reading. There is an argument to be made the past 15 years were a golden era is scifi writing, watchable media is only now starting to catch up.

[@b1d00bd2]

You got mind blown from this “dumbed down” version? Try the books 😂

[@checkma8s]

@@b1d00bd2 i cant read. I have eye problems.

[@nickelcobalt2966]

@@checkma8s I listen to audiobooks, just as great

[@fortycello-yx7ju]

This was by far the coolest series I’ve seen in a long long time.

[@josephmarigliano2854]

"even you can do that" just feels so SCARY when you consider what they're doing to humanity. This entire scene was so intimidating.

[@sugarie95]

this scene was mind blowing horror sci-fi

[@tykjenffs]

Cringe Netflix Sci-Fi at its best xD

[@JsJdv]

​@@tykjenffs Your brain is the size of a sophon. We get it.

[@AlFirous]

@@tykjenffsHow and why? Explain your cringe argument please.

[@UC4AQUgrQ9EwVIGoF0w7xHXg]

​@@tykjenffs 👎🗑️🤡

[@Rataldo20]

@@tykjenffsHow it is "cringe netflix Sci-Fi" Do you realize this is based on a book that has NOTHING to do with netflix?

[@gerardoarenasss]

I’m so happy that the comment section seems to be filled with new fans of the 3 body problem, when the book explained this I didn’t imagined it at this scale, yet makes so much sense, now when Sophon show herself in her physical form it will get crazier

[@israfaeldari5532]

I remember reading this part from the book, I had to put it down, read it, put it down again. All the while my mouth open with shock and surprise like Steve Harvey! All the three books in fact. Filled with so many amazing amazing concepts. Cixin Liu I salute you!

[@user-su8gz4nm6g]

When Native Americans encountered Europeans who were more scientifically advanced than them, they were massacred by the Europeans. Despite the Europeans having more advanced technology than the Native Americans, they harmed the Native Americans for their own survival. Technological advancement does not necessarily equate to kindness. Present-day Native Americans certainly do not wish Columbus had discovered them. Humans possess intelligence and civilization that animals do not, but many people hunt just for pleasure. Some of these people may be Christians or Muslims who believe devoutly, yet they do not hate hunting animals for pleasure. How much animals wish humans wouldn't discover them. Therefore, the dark forest law also exists on Earth

[@aitech4future]

I think this is a great way to depict the book's ideas. I was blown at the complexity of the thoughts and science behind. Reading on the next ones in the trilogy. Wonderfully done!

[@olafjansowidz]

It's sci-fi so no science behind this

[@ifeelsane2898]

Netflix, PLEASE! Approve season 2! The series are GREAT! Solid 8/10, I wanted to give 9 but... It's almost there Please, don't cancel the show, it's really good: sci-fi part about aliens, their and ours tech, characters drama (especially Will's story!), action/shocking/beautiful scenes - I loved it all!

[@Gltokensp06]

They already have.

[@ifeelsane2898]

@@Gltokensp06They didn't yet

[@sws212]

@@Gltokensp06 No they didn't, they're still deciding if it's worth the cost. Season 1 cost them 160 million, Season 2/3 are easily more expensive.

[@QINLI-od8es]

Cancel season 2 is not painful enough.......

[@greg.peepeeface]

That's why I am watching how long the show stays in the #1 spot.

[@golfkid333]

I finished it all in one night, one of the best shows ever

[@fredricksmith-something.2125]

Can we just appreciate the beauty of this writing and complexity or this story. Amazing what we are capable of.

[@Mr--_--M]

This part had me on the edge of my seat!

[@toneriggz]

Onion Knight still fighting the good fight.

[@IronKurone]

Ser Davos is truly the one who've won the game of thrones.

[@NoNoSquare]

I would have liked to see him on the iron throne At least the onion knight would be a better king then Brandon fucking Stark (It should have been Jon/Aegon VI)

[@HondEpic]

I love hearing her speak, her voice 😍

[@eternal_napalm6442]

ASMR

[@AlFirous]

Yeah the tone is good. Feels like AI but not.

[@tonyshannon8429]

This is the clip I've been waiting for haha.

[@MrTlong2010]

So happy that more people are getting to experience this story! Hopefully we get all three books.

[@meowaves]

You know the enemies are tough when Davos is involved.

[@spacebear916]

hehehe indeed

[@rdpaik]

Good thing he learned to read. ;p

[@blackwhyloreign441]

Of all the alien invasion movies over the years this was the most realistic and feasible to me. The San-Ti are a completely literal race of beings that is telling us how advance they are to us and how they are going to eff us all over and feels so superior that they can quash our tech and in 4 hundred years they will just step on us like bugs.

[@mickeyq779]

and thus becoming what they thought we would become, correct? (I haven't watched it yet)

[@AD70003]

Dw they will get fucked in the end , some one else will fuck us 😓 but we will persist . 🥂🍻 to humanity

[@keithfilibeck2390]

I fear not the smug aliens, I am Man, human, I have crushed all of reality so far, and men and women like me will reach into the starts and crush such arrogant aliens.

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Wait until you see the nasty technology (and ideology) the Zero-Homers have.

[@riesstiu2khunning]

@@keithfilibeck2390 The droplet will humble you.

[@kiekeyz]

This was freaky as heck. Damn. And that last plane scene

[@ToddToTheBlack]

The San-Ti exist out there somewhere, that's the scariest thing about this series... Maybe we should stop sending signals out into the abyss....

[@727Phoenix]

I was 13 when I struggled to apprehend, to really conceptualize how truly small a hydrogen atom is. Man, talk about mind-blowing! If only I could have read 3 Body Problem in the 80s, and tried to stretch that hydrogen atom nucleus out to coved the entire Earth...

[@Vera150607]

The book was published in 2008 in China and its first English version was published in 2014.

[@henrycase3788]

​@@Vera150607 you're taking OP's comment too literal. He's just wishing a book that explores the kind of ideas that 3BP does had existed during his formative years.

[@ha-kh7ef]

Oh man i'm glad people are enjoying the show. Cause it gets more crazy

[@JunguianPhantom]

Wait until everything reaches the thrid book. What happens then is INSANE

[@aaronalquiza9680]

Sophon (Sea Shimooka) did a great job acting like AI, and her voice works so well. The whole speech (with the music) gave me goosebumps.

[@Ndxi]

this is absolutely horrifying and beautiful at the same time.

[@IanPaoloAcosta]

I just finished the 2nd book The Dark Forest and all I have to say is my oh my oh my oh my...

[@kouvang5440]

Wait until book 3 🤯

[@IanPaoloAcosta]

@@kouvang5440 On it now. If Life has changed the universe, is there really such a thing as 'nature'? 🤯

[@eriksanchez7286]

@@kouvang5440 i am a tomb

[@DaddyBear205]

@@IanPaoloAcostathat disturbs me

[@TheXuism]

book 3 will blow your mind I promise.

[@Buzkillll]

The best part of the show

[@seifumekuria6207]

This is epic. It is a new sci-fi concept with a scary mind-blowing story and awesome productions. I came across 3Body Problems by accident when I was surfing Netflix at my son's home. The first episode I watched was episode 5, I was blown and I was determined to watch it all. I enjoyed all of it. The Proton computers, the Sophons, and the AI manner of speaking explaining them are impressive. This is The best Sci-fi I ever watched.

[@mrsupremegascon]

Yup 3 Body Problems was quite a refreshment in the sci-fi genre.

[@Masshysteria40]

If this show goes in the direction of the books regarding the denizens of the universe, people are going to find out quick that the Son Ti/Trisolarians are just bugs too.

[@xamalion7334]

Isn't that the nature of things, that there's always a bigger fish in the pond? I once read a story, sadly I forgot the title and author. In it, an alien species arrives at earth, asking for help in their war with another alien species. Earth becomes a simple war colony over time. If I remember correctly they even switch sides some day and ally with the other alien species. The war goes on and on and on, and in the end, earth gets completely destroyed while the war still goes on in countless other galaxies and on countless other planets. This series reminds me of that story in a way. Humanity thinks we are the shit, but we are just collateral to forces we can't even fathom.

[@Masshysteria40]

@@xamalion7334 there are similarities but the setting in three body is far more sinister and existential. The explanation for the Fermi Paradox it gives us is utterly brilliant all the while extremely possible in our own reality.

[@AuthorityCat]

@@Masshysteria40 It's based on the assumption that mutually assured destruction doesn't work, an assumption not based in reality as far as we're aware. Mutually assured destruction is a deterrent, so this isn't the solution to the Fermi paradox.

[@Masshysteria40]

@@AuthorityCat that’s not what I’m referring to at all. I’m referring to the notion that the reason we don’t see or hear from aliens is because it’s dangerous to reveal yourself in the “Dark Forest”, the entire premise of the latter half of the 2nd book and the entirety of the third

[@nixon2tube]

@@AuthorityCat That very thing will actually come up. Mutually assure destruction IS a deterrent!

[@souvikmondal6161]

best part of the show. and it makes somewhat sense!

[@eliscore]

I love the idea that humans as a species are more formidable because we evolve exceptionally fast as creatures because of our stable stellar system

[@kangxu4839]

OMG, at 2:13, the high dimension Sophon is exactly the Calabi-Yau manifold projected on two-dimension. The graphic makers of this TV series really put in serious mathematic thoughts when producing it!

[@jeffbachman2949]

Yea they said they had some science advisors on set and working with the VFX artists when they made the show and few scientists make some cameos on the show also

[@simonhopkins6077]

LOVED the show - so don't you even dare think of cancelling......

[@MrCdub88]

Sir Davos fought white walkers, now he’s got to fight aliens? The Onion Knight at it again

[@rdpaik]

Meanwhile Samwell Tarly finally bit the dust.

[@CDour]

Episode 5 as a whole was deeply unsettling and gave me a new sense of existential dread. I freaking love this show

[@macaronitony4084]

Look....like the show or not, that boat scene was wild af!

[@Yuiiski-]

Loved the show, finished it last night. I am so interested in what happens next that I just bought the books on my kindle.

[@lukasve123]

read all three books and only watched quinns videos on the fan book. all i can say is this show exceeded my expectations in adapting the first book. the change of characters dont feel blank while also explaining the science in a not too complicated way. And im also glad they kind of included some concepts of the 2nd and third book as a setup of whats to come.

[@chs_ambs8356]

Some of my favorite books. Dark Forest especially is a masterpiece. I do like the changes the Netflix series made, though.

[@kouvang5440]

Agreed. I have no idea how the next 2 books will be adapted?

[@bobyhartanto4314]

"We will teach you how to fear again" Is on the same level as "I will shredded this universe to. Its last atom..... "

[@lendial]

one of the coolest visuals in any science fiction media.

[@bhaalgorn]

The book describes it much better. I recommend reading it

[@LewysC]

Good lord this episode was fantastic

[@DevereuxSeear]

Excellent first series , I really hope there's a second and third !

[@salvatoremaximus6754]

First quantum entanglement applied in a movie/series.

[@rdpaik]

I’m pretty the MCU covered it.

[@SETHthegodofchaos]

Afaik quantum entanglement isnt instant communication. It just means two quants effected each others state and you can defer the state of the other when looking at one... once. Thats it. You could check the state right then and there or move the quants far away from each other and then check. But it still isnt instant communication. It also only works one time. Besides, wouldnt instant communication lead to time travel. Which shouldnt be possible as far as we now. Nothing can be faster than the speed of light. Not even information.

[@stevenpike7857]

I love how the alien just comes out and gives them detailed information, explaining how their tech works. LOL!

[@lolhcd]

Because they cannot lie or do not understand the concept of deception. Up until they met humans, their survival was about the collective, they evolved into that. They even share a hive mind, they are telepathic potentially, not being able to lie to each other so they never developed this... "I need to deceive to survive" like we do on earth. They evolved into a "We need to do this together to survive". They do not see a difference in "telling the truth" and "making yourself vulnerable while telling the truth" because on their world, if you tell someone your truth that would put you at a disadvantage and the other will think about abusing that disadvantage, you already know that they will do it.

[@jaredsturt8626]

Honestly a great explanation and visual representation for the visual medium. Show actually did the books justice. Now we need to get to the real good stuff and finish the series!!!

[@eternal_napalm6442]

There is only one way to defeat the San-Ti. For those who haven't read the books, you will learn of it in Season 2. It is what Ye Wengie hinted to in Episode 7. It is the greatest secret of the entire universe.

[@slylataupe4272]

Is it by calling for help in the universe to a kind of galaxy police force ? Frankly i can’t imagine there would be none if the galaxy was so dangerous.

[@harzzachseniorgamer5516]

@@slylataupe4272 No. But "calling someone" is involved :)

[@slylataupe4272]

@@harzzachseniorgamer5516 🤦‍♂️ who you gone call if not the police ? Ghostbusters? 😂

[@juax3974]

Ooh I'm so intrigued. Is it calling future humans?

[@slylataupe4272]

@@juax3974 oh that’s a clever hypothesis!

[@jasuran]

I just saw this episode. It's fire.

[@raymil]

I'm currently only on episode 5, this series is the only franchise I am genuinely excited about compared to recent mainstream entertainment.

[@sarkastikleader4708]

This episode broke my brain but in the best way. I literally had to rewind this scene just to make sure I was understanding what I was hearing. Such a great scene

[@yseson_]

Its so dumb

[@user-su8gz4nm6g]

Physics discovered atoms and found ways to control them, leading to the creation of atomic bombs. However, no matter how advanced engineering and chemistry are, they can never create atomic bombs. If a method to control time and space is discovered, people could build space jump engine ships to achieve faster-than-light travel. Engineering and chemistry, no matter how advanced, can never build light-speed spaceships. Therefore, the alien influence on particle accelerators, making every experiment result incorrect, signifies the end of human physics, and engineering technology, no matter how much it develops, has limitations. In this TV series, aliens possess a type of space weapon called the two-dimensional card. The card can transform planets or star systems from a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane world. This is a physics weapon.

[@Doublehen-shin-kk8oh]

Can you all please upload the scene with Khan? I want that clip to share.

[@benyseus6325]

The crazy part in the books is that the San-Ti aren’t even the most advanced species

[@drewroosevelt6506]

Is that crazy? Or is that just how the actual Universe functions based on time?

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

best sci fi show ever..I've rewatched it 6 times already.

[@M24071]

"We are going to destroy your science " is more terrifying than any alien invasion

[@basilhammer2965]

Amazing!

[@Razerfreak1]

u must be very confident if you lay out your plans in front of your enemys :D

[@farimer1232]

When your enemies can’t do jack about it

[@toneriggz]

Hubris

[@othniel2005]

The Sophon was never programmed to be decietful or crafty

[@Snakefish2]

It's covered much more in the book series that the San-ti have great difficulty deceiving others or lying because they are telepathic. All of their thoughts are like an open book for other San-ti to understand. It's their nature to be truthful. The moment when the San-ti realize that humans can lie, cheat, and strategize in secret was an "Earth" shattering revelation to their society. Hence why in the show they stop all communication with their human allies.

[@football_ix_lovee]

As they stated in the show, Sang Ti can't lie. They're honest.

[@Jemeni99]

I hope there's a season 2. This show is amazing!

[@theflanman420420]

It’s already been started. There are three books and the scale and timeline are huge. They dipped into all three books in this first season but there are still so many unbelievable story lines and plot twists coming up I imagine this lasting at least 5 seasons.

[@C0ntr4d1ct0r]

This episode is the most iconic of the season. For a stand point of someone whom never read the books, this episode revealed the whole plot that was built in the first episodes and clarified what seemed really confusing: the countdowns, the mass scientist suicides and everything else. I've loved the series that I'm willing to read the books now. But I hope Netflix finishes this one. Props to the executive producers and the GoT directors on this one. Best series I've watched since the Breaking Bad.

[@LIGHTDE12]

When I was a kid and played EmpireEarth, my friends told me the same thing.

[@Pev915]

I LOVE this part!!!

[@zainabaldeen1703]

Quantum Entanglement is, as Einstein described it ,"A spooky action at a distance"

[@bunnyworld29]

I love the fact that they aren't capable of lying...otherwise we wouldn't know who they're and what their plans are for us..brilliant plot💙

[@pablomendez5390]

Such a good episode

[@AnthaKharana]

Awake and Aware