Reviving the Concept of the 'Spell' from 'The Dark Forest' using Python
Changed from “incantation-from-ThreeBodyTrilogy” to “spell-from-ThreeBodyTrilogy”
Implemented the process of extrapolating from Gaia stellar data, to 3D visualizations, to three-views, to three-view signals, to three-view audio of signals, and even their inversions. This project proves the feasibility of the Logic (Luoji)'s “spell” from “The Three Body Problem” trilogy.
- Place the 'spell-from-ThreeBodyTrilogy-main' folder in
D:\tempfor the program to work properly. Alternatively, you can modify the paths in the program to match your environment. - Output data will be saved on the desktop to avoid overwriting the provided results (including three-view projections, signal files, and audio).
- Please refrain from playing the generated audio at high volume, in accordance with the "Dark Forest Theory."
As a 13-year-old middle school developer in China, to express gratitude and admiration for the following persons or organizations:
- China(中国): My country, which feeds me.
- Parents: Giving me material and spiritual help
- Cixin-Liu(刘慈欣): He single-handedly raised Chinese sci-fi to the world level, and his novels have been a profound inspiration to me.
- GitHub&CSDN: A powerful platform for uploading and communicating my projects.
- Microsoft: Providing VSCode and Windows 11.
- Intel: Providing CPU.
- Python.org: Providing an efficient and simple language.
- Google&OpenAI: Thier LLMs teach me something about programming.
The Dark Forest Theory posits that any civilization that reveals itself is doomed to destruction by other civilizations in the universe.
- Survival is the primary need of a civilization.
- Civilizations grow and expand, but the total matter in the universe is constant.
- Chain of Guesses
- Technological Explosion
Civilizations need to acquire resources for survival and expansion, but they compete in a limited universe. This competition leads to "technological explosions," which allow lower civilizations to potentially surpass higher ones. A "chain of suspicion" arises from the mutual uncertainty between civilizations, creating a hostile environment where higher civilizations often opt to destroy rather than communicate.
- From the conservation of matter and the expansion of civilizations, we derive the fundamental contradictions between civilizations.
- When Civilization A discovers Civilization B, A must judge B’s intentions:
- Communicating with B forms a chain of suspicion, while revealing A’s presence. If B is equally advanced, it poses a threat; if less advanced, a technological explosion could quickly make B dangerous.
- Hiding from B leads to similar outcomes once B develops its own technology.
In both scenarios, A concludes that the only safe option is to destroy B, reinforcing the theory.
Luo Ji's "spell experiment" confirms several facts:
- Higher civilizations possess powerful weapons.
- Dark Forest strikes are timely and accurate.
- Higher civilizations prefer to attack rather than detect.
The theory is strong but based on a single observation, not multiple experiments. This led to skepticism in the Post-Deterrence Era, until the strike on the Trisolaran galaxy during the Broadcast Era.
- Columbus’ discovery of the Americas led to the Spanish colonization and the destruction of Indigenous civilizations.
- British colonization of Australia involved the mass killing of Indigenous peoples.
- The Dark Forest Theory is a natural extension of Darwin and Wallace’s "doctrine of natural selection."
- Luo Ji’s famous line, "others are hell," is a nod to existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.
- "The universe is a dark forest, and every civilization is a hunter, creeping through the forest like a ghost..."