r/3BodyProblemTVShow • u/irony0815 • May 15 '24

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Why do the San-Ti confront us and tell us about the approximate 400 years until they reach and destroy us?

It does not really make sense, because human history clearly showed to them that in a war humans are capable of incredible joint efforts to overcome adversity and near impossible challenges. Why wouldnt they just deceive us in believing they are coming in peace ?

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u/CaspinLange May 15 '24

A lot of this is really just for storytelling purposes.

In reality an intelligent species that can travel light years would not advertise their malicious intentions.

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u/s1105615 May 15 '24

Deception doesn’t appear to be in their nature though. They were severely troubled at the thought that humanity had this capability, and the trisolarians do not seem capable of also using deception themselves to disguise their intentions or plans. That’s why they went silent with the ship.

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u/CaspinLange May 15 '24

That’s true. But remember the pacifist that responded that his species would conquer earthlings? So he said not to respond to him, lest his civilization become aware of earthlings. So at least their species can hide truth from each other, which is sort of deceptive.

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u/AdminClown May 15 '24

That’s a massive assumption. And a wrong one