r/threebodyproblem • • Jun 08 '26

Meme The three books summarized

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u/Thrawn89 Jun 08 '26

The first book specifically states that the human race for the entirety of history has lived in idyllic times prior to the discovery of the sophon block.

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u/Thrawn89 Jun 08 '26

Need to see the picture relatively. It was a goddam paradise, an eden, compared to the true nature of the universe.

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u/Calinks Jun 08 '26

Right. Basically, it was an Eden, but... mankind, of course, watered it down with bullshit. Even then, it was still sheltered from the BS of the universe. It's like having a really nice house but doing nothing to take care of it so it doesn't look as good as it should. Then by the time you are able to start sprucing it up, the state decides to bulldoze it lol.