It’s so interesting that Viltrumites are inherently capable of empathy and compassion as a species, but their culture forbid them from expressing such virtues.
i feel like the trisolarans are way more sympathetic an alien menace than the viltrumites, though. they're truly in a kill-or-be-killed-or-solve-an-unsolvable-problem-in-physics situation.
Yeah it's definitely a much more brutal meat grinder of an environment that doesn't allow deviation from strict survival. As to how they were able to develop super-advanced technology in the first place, well, I suppose it's better not to think about it too deeply, maybe (the easy answer is that they're just a much older civilization than humanity)
yeah, best not to think about it. three body problem is really good at having it's cake and eating it too with the big sci-fi concepts. sometimes it's just a parable, sometimes it gets into the actual science, and it's very good about knowing which will actually further the storytelling.
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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '23
It’s so interesting that Viltrumites are inherently capable of empathy and compassion as a species, but their culture forbid them from expressing such virtues.