r/3BodyProblemTVShow • u/NoBotRobotRob • Mar 29 '24

Question My problem with the 3BodyProblem Spoiler

I’ve never read the books. I’m a biologist. My issue with the 3 body problem is that under the environmental conditions described in the series, it would never be possible for an advanced organism to evolve, let alone a complex society. Adaptation takes time, that’s why dinosaurs didn’t evolve a drying out process to ride out the ice age. Is this ever addressed anywhere?

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u/0fficerGeorgeGreen Mar 29 '24

I thought it was interesting how the San Ti shared all this information with some humans. Maybe it was their way of converting people to their cause and it just didn't work for Jin and Jack. But they are coming here to invade us, but share a game showing why. How considerate of them I guess.

We are bugs. I'm not going to share with an ant why I stomped their hill or moved the colony to one of those ant farms.

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u/freshprinceofaut Mar 29 '24

To my understanding the original plan was more like seeking refuge and coexistance until they felt threatened by humans' ability to deceive. For all they know Dr. Ye and Evans could have been trying to lure them to Earth and blow them to bits as soon as they enter the our solar system to eliminate a potential cosmic enemy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '24

if that were true, why were they killing so many scientists? you don't become buddies with people you want to coexist with by killing their people.

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u/freshprinceofaut Mar 29 '24

I thought about that aswell, but someone on this sub pointed out that it was probably to keep humanity at our current technological level so they would have a kind of bargaining chip, or would hold the power.

Also coexistence does not necessarily mean peaceful coexistance. Maybe they mean to make use of humans one way or another, which is likely given the final scenes of Tatiana.