Vol 3 Chapter 155: Dark forest

The derivation of the Dark Forest Law is based on the two basic axioms of "Universal Sociology".
1. Survival is the first need of civilization.
2. Civilization is growing and expanding, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains basically unchanged.
The above two points are, to a certain extent, true, but based on these two points alone, it is too absurd to deduce the "Dark Forest Rule".
"The current universe has 300 billion known star coefficients. The number of stars in each galaxy ranges from hundreds of millions to tens of trillions. Such a massive number of stars can never be starved of resources. The situation, the galaxies that have been effectively developed, may be less than one in 100,000. "
"The universe is big and life is bigger!"
Dr. Heng said: "In a sea, put a monocyte. If this cell divides every half an hour, then after three days, the whole sea will be filled with such cells! The exponential growth is a demon. In front of the head demon, no amount of resources can meet the needs of the head demon! "
"This algorithm is correct, but the actual situation is: even if this cell is given for three months, it and its descendants cannot fill the entire ocean. The existence of other variables will have a huge impact on this theoretical model. And no matter what kind of species, the increase in the number of population, from the premise that the living space cannot increase exponentially, it will go from the exponential curve, and finally tend to smooth ... without any civilization, it can grow and expand indefinitely. "
"But is it always necessary to expand? Is it necessary for this civilization to expand, and also for that civilization, the total amount of resources is constant, and expansion is required, so there will be no conflict?"
"The possibility of conflict exists, but there is a premise. Only when both civilizations have expanded to the maximum boundary and expansion can no longer be carried out, war can break out, and there are few intelligent civilizations in the galaxy, each wisdom The separation distance of civilizations is very empty. There are a large number of material buffers and land of no ownership. Before these resources are fully developed, it is unlikely that two civilizations will appear and will fight for the resources without a basis. On a first-come, first-served basis, they will increase their efforts. "
"And in history, there has never been such a war-a country, not conquering the wildness nearby, will not be far away to occupy another country."
Yun Xinghe said again: "Moreover, war has the logic of war. Two civilizations who do not know each other, just because they are close to each other, or discover the existence of each other, they must destroy each other or die together. This kind of thing, history Almost never happened on the war. War does not necessarily mean destruction. War may also be conquest, fusion, and unity ... Even if the intelligent life of the other civilization is turned into a slave, it is unlikely to be massacred. "
"Of course, we cannot completely deny that in the history of some civilizations, a lot of massacres have occurred. This is caused by the gap between strength and weakness, or it may be caused by too large a generation gap between weapons. The weaker side will perish completely. "
"But if both sides have the same skill level and both have a shotgun with similar attack power, slaughter is a stupid act, which will only provoke stronger resistance, and will only cause you and cause more heavy losses."
"You all admit that there is massacre, is this not the embodiment of the Dark Forest Law? What's wrong with this?"
Dr. Heng said that this rule, Yunxinghe himself proved that it is right, how could there be wrong?
Yunxinghe shook his head:
"Wrong is wrong. This rule is too narrow. It roughly compares the competition between civilizations to a zero-sum game of life and death. In fact, the solution to conflict is not only war. The role of diplomacy must not be overlooked! If a civilization does not have a perfect diplomatic system, this civilization is not difficult to get out of the cradle. Even in the interstellar age, this extreme civilization will either die out in war or In the war, to become the ultimate winner, all civilizations will be conquered and eliminated by them. "
"The Dark Forest Law is actually to completely obliterate the diplomatic attributes of civilization, and choose to distrust, not accept, or touch everything around it, and arbitrarily treat different civilizations in the universe as a killing game. Different players, apart from killing each other, there is no other ... "
"In fact, if all civilizations follow the so-called dark forest law, the prospect of this universe and this galaxy will be unimaginable."
but……
After explaining so much, Dr. Heng shook his head:
"Don't believe in any civilization, and don't associate with other civilizations! The Law of the Dark Forest tells us: Every civilization has no good intentions and must be vigilant."
"Did you come here with good intentions?"
Dr. Heng asked.
Yunxing River choked.
This……
So stubborn to this extent, how can we continue to communicate?
This Dr. Heng has been completely brainwashed by the so-called "Dark Forest Law".
"Grandpa, do you still know what the wise captain used to view the" Dark Forest Law "? Tell me quickly, how to defeat him?"
"The captain seems to have proposed three positive laws, namely the laws of war and the laws of competition, and what other laws are coming, yes, the laws of morality! These three laws are the swords that pierce the laws of the dark forest ... The specific content of the three laws is not very clear to me, but you can put forward a paradox, a paradox that makes him unable to answer and immediately shakes. "
"What paradox?" Yun Xinghe asked quickly.
"Since there is only destruction in civilization, why have the three-eyed people not destroyed the ear star so far, and why the Blue Star Federation has not destroyed the three-eyed people immediately?"
"correct!"
Yun Xinghe's eyes lighted up and immediately reiterated this question to Dr. Heng: "Now that you know the existence of the dark forest law, why haven't you killed all the ear-stars? And when we came to your home, why didn't we destroy you immediately ? "
"Because Erqixing people have become our slaves, they have no threat."
Dr. Heng thought for a while and then looked at the Yunxing River. He said, "As for you have not destroyed us, because ... you also want to enslave us!"
"Okay! If we are enslaving you and after all three of you have become slaves, do you think we will destroy you?" Yun Xinghe asked again.
"Shouldn't ... we have value."
"That's good! Similarly, if higher civilizations also have the technology and strength to enslave other civilizations, and those lower civilizations have a certain value of use, they can become slaves without threats. You say that these higher civilizations will also Not far away, did you come specifically to destroy the slaves in their eyes? "
"This……"
Click.
In Dr. Heng's heart, something unusually strong broke and a fine crack appeared.
Then, the cracks expanded and spread, and with a clatter, this solid thing turned into fragments of the ground.
"Yeah, since higher civilizations and highly developed technology, how could they not be far away to eliminate slaves who have no threat? The weak are always afraid of the strong, but the strong are in their minds What thoughts, how could the weak know? "
After all, elephants value a cheetah, but how can they care about the ants under their feet?
The biggest flaw in the dark forest law ~ EbookFREE.me ~ is to compare all civilizations to "hunters" with guns, and put all civilizations on the same level. This is actually very inappropriate. In fact, it should be It is more like a lion, a tiger, an eagle, a wolf, a rabbit, a sheep, a snake, a mouse, or an ant-this is actually more appropriate.
As for the stars, planets and other resources in the universe, like grasslands and forests in nature, these animals are the stage for growth, reproduction, competition and game.
Weak meat and strong food are eternal, but no lion will appear, killing all animals in the forest; an elephant will not appear, not far away, to step on an ant's nest.
Therefore, the reason why the progress of a civilization is restricted is never technical backwardness, but narrow-mindedness.
"An ant knows that his weakness is not terrible. What is scary is that the ant's horizon is always as wide as his own eyes ... Any civilization, no matter how weak, if there is no elephant-like wide horizon, no elephant-like heart, He will never grow to the level of an elephant! "
In Yun Xinghe's mind, he suddenly remembered a passage from the teacher of "Universal Diplomacy".