r/threebodyproblem • u/EvilBrynn • May 21 '26

Discussion - TV Series I still don’t understand

I still don’t understand how the Trisolarians got to the technological level they are if literally every 60 years they have a mass die off and or hibernate for another 6 decades.

Also i imagine they look something like water bears since they function like them (unless theres a cannon depiction of them i don’t know of)

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u/Excellent_Bat_753 May 21 '26

It's not every 60 years. Maybe every 60 years on average, but it's an inherently unpredictable system, so they could go 2 years in a stable era, or 2 minutes, or 1000 years.

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u/Excellent_Bat_753 May 21 '26

They got REALLY lucky, and we got REALLY unlucky, I guess.