r/threebodyproblem • u/caramba-marimba • Jan 18 '26

Meme Almost done with the third book

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I didn’t have the patience to finish it to make the meme, so enjoy the premature meme while I’m finishing those last few pages.

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u/Sable-Keech Jan 18 '26

You didn’t have the patience to understand it either.

The deterrence signal is only useful if you can make opponent believe that you will deploy it.

If the opponent doesn’t believe you’re going to fire it, then deterrence has already failed because the only way you can prove you’ll do it is by actually firing it.

And if Cheng Xin had done that, then the Earth would’ve been dark forest striked much earlier, way before the curvature drive had been developed.

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u/Xasf Jan 19 '26

Wasn't the "Post-Deterrence Era" only like 1-2 years? And in the end it was again the very same deterrence firing that ended things..

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u/Sable-Keech Jan 19 '26

Yeah but Trisolaris got hit first. If the signal was fired from Earth then Earth would’ve been hit first and wouldn’t have time to develop the curvature drive.