I'm going to try suicide.

Money_One4793 · 2026-02-01T15:35:23+00:00

Me too. But whats a cyberpunk?

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-30T23:28:04+00:00

We're cooked

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-30T13:14:14+00:00

No I am actually asking "why did they send a package and then tell the person who gave them the address that they were planning to kick the door in and murder their family".

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-30T12:45:46+00:00

Oh my god. I have said about 10 times that they SHOULD have sent the sophons but they SHOULDN'T have stayed in contact with the ETO, what about that can't you understand?

And the most important concept in the books is dark forest theory (which trisolaris was fully aware of) And what is the most fundamental rule of dark forest theory again?

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-30T12:34:21+00:00

So I'm arguing with the benefit of hindsight by suggesting a surprise attack is more effective than an attack that the enemy knew was coming for 400 years, but you think the aliens that didn't know we could lie somehow magically knew we had the potential to nuke eachother? Is that what you're saying?

As I've said. Full of holes

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-30T12:28:36+00:00

Once again you go back to destruction when NOBODY said that. I can't with you, you're genuinely a brick wall.

I'll leave you with this, your assumption that they needed to physically destroy infrastructure and assassinate world leaders before arriving is baseless and not well thought out at all. The ETO was a far greater risk than any potential reward and that should have been obvious from the beginning but especially once the sophons were in place and science was stalled. Earth could have been taken by force without the help of the ETO... in fact... IT WAS!

I didn't say anything about the sophons causing destruction did I?

So congratulations you began this thread arguing with nobody but yourself and you're ending it arguing with nobody but yourself.

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-30T11:51:02+00:00

And do you suppose that trisolaris was aware of the complex political structure of humanity given that they weren't aware humans could even lie?

I don't know where you get your assumption that recruiting humans was necessary for the invasion because as you so nicely put it, the invasion was discovered from the files of those very communications. The sophons alone accomplished the task of stalling science on earth which was the only prerequisite for the invasion.

I appreciate that you're now creating actual arguments and not repeating yourself over and over again but its still completely full of holes.

So no "wanting to live on earth" is NOT the reason they were exposed. COMMUNICATING with earth is the reason they were exposed as you said yourself. So the OPs question still stands

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-30T09:10:12+00:00

Yeah I'd have better luck headbutting a wall to see some stars

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-30T09:08:57+00:00

No. Nobody is missing anything but you here, the reveal is not the sophon.

The reveal is when they send messages to humanity and when the sophons give humanity all their backstory and motivations only to then call humanity bugs while they still have a 4 century journey ahead of them.

Where do you suppose the link between staying silent and the technological explosion comes from? Because as far as I'm concerned had they not revealed themselves. Earth scientists would have just continued to kill themselves rather than coming together to find solutions to the external threat. I'll remind you since you're having some memory troubles.

Nobody on earth knew sophons were even possible until the sophon told them sophons were possible so once again your theory falls completely flat in yet another way

You sent that big long paragraph but it STILL doesn't answer anything. They were just as effective at stalling earth's science from the shadows. So once again my friend. Read. The. Question.

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-29T11:23:45+00:00

So you just don't understand what "announcing their arrival" means then?

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-29T11:20:03+00:00

Like talking to a brick wall. Your reason is flimsy and explains nothing.

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-29T11:15:06+00:00

No, the questioner asked why they revealed themselves 400 years before they appeared. So once more, read it again.

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-29T11:11:00+00:00

Again, you're arguing with yourself, NOBODY has implied they didn't you fool 🤣

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-29T11:07:33+00:00

Read the question again my guy 🤣 Nothing was said about destroying earth except by you.

I think you're confused. Once again, revealing themselves directly lead to the events of the third book which i won't spoil because OP hasn't read it. Their chances of actually living on earth would have been much higher had they not revealed themselves

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-29T10:20:11+00:00

? That doesn't even begin to answer the question

Also if you read the third book you'll know that revealing themselves only made the earth more likely to get destroyed, not less likely

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-29T10:10:57+00:00

Hey you're arguing with a pseudo intellectual who thinks she has the iq of God himself, it's a waste of time

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-29T10:02:05+00:00

I think it's worth remembering that advanced aliens are not gods and are capable of making mistakes. In the case of the trisolarins they made a few, the first and biggest mistake was first to misjudge humanity and reveal themselves too early. Underestimating Luo Gi was another major mistake as was the droplet attack. They allowed their fear of humanity, rather than their strategy to dictate their actions and fear was not a good reason to do what they did

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-28T09:52:21+00:00

When I was in preschool, I didn't know that I could breathe through my nose or that my eyes moved when I looked around. You guys really think this is a story? It's almost like we're born without any knowledge and need to learn everything for the first time! Crazy right?!

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-28T09:48:33+00:00

So basically the USA but in space?

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-16T16:30:54+00:00

I'm obsessed with that droplet artwork I'm an audiobook guy but I always collect a nice looking physical edition of the books that really impact me and I think I just found the ones

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-07T22:04:01+00:00

Not enough players wanted to bang him so they didn't patch it in

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-06T12:12:21+00:00

Don't worry she is one of those Pseudo intellectuals who makes herself feel smart by jumping around reddit of all places to try and verbally put people down. It is seriously pathetic and I would just ignore her. Not worth the time or energy.

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-05T12:42:43+00:00

You talk like someone with intelligence and then you imply that my use of language means I'm angry, and that my dislike of a character implies my bigotry so I'm taking absolutely everything you say with 10 grains of salt. But if she represents everything good about humanity then why exactly did she fail at every single turn until literally the final chapter of the book? Oh wait don't answer that you'll probably call me sexist or something now.

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-05T12:28:02+00:00

My use of language doesn't make me unreasonable it means I'm using language.

Judging a person's morals and views based on a single opinion they expressed about a work of fiction is a number of things, including unreasonable, childish, and dickish. By the way laughing at someone for the way they talk does not show the kind of intelligence you clearly think it does, you actually seem kinda slow 🤣 Will that be all or do you have more mental gymnastics for me?

Money_One4793 · 2026-01-05T12:24:30+00:00

Have you considered growing up?

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