I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Anything capable of altering fundamental physical parameters like that will be unknowable to us. We’d be like bacteria are to a human.
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daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
There is idea in the three body problem novels:
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That the speed of light was infinity at the birth of the universe but sentient species reduced the speed of light several times as a offence/defense mechanism to protect themselves from others.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net 3 days ago
Yeah the whole concept of the “paraplegic universe” in Deaths End is so fucking good. And by good I mean bone chillingly terrifying.
frezik@midwest.social 3 days ago
Dark Forest Theory is probably wrong. In-universe, the series unknowingly undermines it with communication tech that can transmit instantaneously. That would take away the assumption that civilizations can’t effectively communicate over interstellar distances and build trust.
In reality, it’s something of an extension of the “every individual for themselves” mindset of evolution–something White Supremacists have loved. Kin Selection Theory does away with that. There is a basis for building trust and working together within evolution. The precursor ideas were even done in Peter Kropotkin’s “Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution” over a century ago. Kin Selection Theory put a mathematical foundation on it.
I like the book series as literature, and the Netflix series has been OK so far (not great, but OK). Liu Cixin himself, however, has some really shitty opinions.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.website 3 days ago
Humanity stands on the brink of self-destruction because we have yet to overcome the primitive, selfish aspects of our nature. I have to believe that any civilization advanced enough for interstellar travel—without having destroyed itself along the way—must have achieved a certain level of cooperative enlightenment.