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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dragoner" data-source="post: 8179738" data-attributes="member: 6943731">Three Body Problem's "<a href="https://www.sfcritic.com/dark-forest-theory/#:~:text=The%20Dark%20Forest%20Theory%20The%20Dark%20Forest%20Theory,civilization%20seeks%20to%20survive,%20and%20resources%20are%20infinite." target="_blank">The Dark Forest Theory</a>" from the Second of the Trilogy by Cixin Liu: The Dark Forest Theory was explained by Luo Ji as the implications of why Ye Wenji’s actions resulted in the Earth and the Trisolarans’ battle. This is due to two axioms: each civilization seeks to survive, and resources are infinite. He compares the universe to a dark forest: when two predators are aware of each other’s presence in the forest, they aren’t sure if the other plans to harm them. Because of this, it is inevitable that these predators will try to destroy the other and evade any other predators before they pose a threat.Sometimes this is also called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#It_is_the_nature_of_intelligent_life_to_destroy_others" target="_blank">superpredator answer to the Fermi Paradox</a>. Revelation Space also has the Wolves or <a href="https://revelationspace.fandom.com/wiki/Inhibitors" target="_blank">Inhibitors</a> who have a more sublime reasoning, basically destroying star faring civilizations to save life in the coming galactic collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda.There is also the Culture-Idiran War in Banks Culture series, where the Idirans were on a sort of holy war against the Culture Minds and AI in general.</blockquote>

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