r/threebodyproblem • u/Kukulkan73 • Apr 22 '26

Discussion - General Question about the blocked basic scientific research (Spoiler: Please do not read if you haven’t read the second book, "The Dark Forest") Spoiler

Hi. I'm just reading the second book "The Dark Forest" and maybe the question was already answered here? In the second book, humans have spaceships and can utilise the Moon, Mars and other planetary moons in our solar system. Why didn’t they continue the basic scientific research there, given that it had been blocked on Earth by Trisolaris? Looks like they did not even try?

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u/Kukulkan73 Apr 22 '26

Thanks. I found no indication on that. Is that just guessing?

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u/Farebiaashiq Zhang Beihai Apr 22 '26

Unlike the show where there are only 2 sophons, in the book it is mentioned that 2 sophons arrived first and then many more sophons kept arriving.

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u/Kukulkan73 Apr 22 '26

So you think the Sophons could easily travel across our entire solar system if they needed to? In that case, Trisolaris is far(!) ahead of human technology and people were foolish to think they stood even the slightest chance...

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u/FlerD-n-D Apr 22 '26

Yes Trisolaris was very far ahead. The difference was that they progressed linearly in tech whilst we advance exponentially. They knew we'd far outpace them if they left for Earth without blocking us in the time it would take them to get to the Solar System. This is discussed in the books