Dark Forest Theory
Liu Cixin · 2008
"The universe is full of life, but everyone is hiding in absolute silence because revealing your location guarantees your destruction."
The Fermi Paradox asks: if the universe is so vast and old, where are all the aliens? The Dark Forest Theory provides a terrifying answer: they are out there, but they are staying perfectly quiet to survive.
Imagine a dark forest at night. It is full of armed hunters hiding in the shadows. If a hunter hears a twig snap, they don't call out to say 'hello'—they shoot immediately, because in a dark forest, anyone you encounter is a potential threat to your own survival.
According to Dark Forest Theory, why does a civilization instantly annihilate a newly discovered species?
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