Chapter 420 Dark Forest Paradox
Li Mo asked in confusion: "What does the Civilization Alliance mean?"
"According to the law of the 'Dark Forest', it is impossible for civilizations to communicate with each other due to the existence of the chain of suspicion. How did this alliance come about?"
"Hahahaha..." The gray fog rolled on the platform, and the big-headed Pajero laughed loudly, "You need to answer my question before answering your doubts."
"Suppose there is a level 3 civilization called Alpha in the vast universe. The Alpha civilization happily explores the resource stars in the galaxy. At this time, they suddenly discovered that there were traces of civilization on a planet called Omega hundreds of light years away, what should the Alpha civilization do?"
Faced with potential dangers, Alpha civilization has two choices, one is to launch a strike, and the other is to turn a blind eye.
Launching a strike is in line with the law of "Dark Forest"; turning a blind eye to it is contrary to the law of "Dark Forest".
Li Mo pondered for a moment: "According to the law of 'Dark Forest', Alpha civilization should use a light-grain weapon to destroy the Omega star with traces of civilization while hiding itself. Because if the civilizations on the Omega star have reached level 3 or above, they will sooner or later discover the Alpha civilization. In order to eliminate potential dangers, Alpha civilization can only launch a strike."
"If the civilization on this planet has not reached level 3, according to the Big Bang theory of Intellectual Bang, perhaps in the next second, the civilization on Omega will develop rapidly, breaking through the bottleneck and possessing the same technological power as the Alpha civilization. In order to eliminate this possibility in its infancy, the Alpha civilization can still only choose to launch a strike."
This is the cruelty of the law of the "Dark Forest". The entire universe has become a large chicken-eating map. In order to successfully eat chicken, civilization can only carry out devastating blows on other civilizations that appear in sight without any choice.
On the platform, gray fog is everywhere
"Imagine!"
"Your answer is entirely based on the imagination of low-level civilized creatures about the universe!"
"It seems that the lower the civilization is, the more I lose my awe of the mystery of this universe."
"When a civilization becomes a first-level civilization, it has the ability to develop stars, and may think that it is the god of this universe."
"But when this civilization develops to level 4 civilization, it will know that it is just a trivial insect in this universe!"
The big-headed Pajero sighed: "What if the Omega star destroyed by the Alpha civilization is a resource star of a high-level civilization?"
"Did the Alpha civilization not be afraid of the inevitable counterattack?"
Li Mo added: "Alpha civilization can hide it in advance before launching a strike. In this way, high-level civilizations cannot find where the strike comes from."
The big-headed Pajero retorted: "How can the Alpha civilization, as a level 3 civilization, ensure that its own hidden means are enough to hide the eyes of high-level civilizations?"
"This..." Li Mo was speechless for a moment.
Yes, low-level civilizations are "absolutely unimaginable", what kind of technological capabilities do high-level civilizations have.
This "absolutely unimaginable" means that reasonable defense cannot be carried out!
Just like primitive people absolutely cannot imagine aircraft in level 0.7 human civilization technology. This iron box that can swim in the air has surpassed their imagination.
What would happen if modern fighters were used to launch an attack on the strongest primitive man in a tribe?
The Primitive Man "absolutely unimaginable" the principles of the existence of the iron box and the way of attack.
The extremely strong primitive man would hold a stone spear and carry a shield made of rattan, and then appear fearlessly in the vision of modern fighters.
Because the stone spear in his hand once pierced the abdominal cavity of the most ferocious animal in the forest; the rattan shield he carried could not pierce even the sharpest beast's teeth. The iron box in the sky, which did not look majestic or mighty at all, was definitely not his opponent to the strongest man in the tribe.
At this time, the fighter had already locked the poor primitive man with radar. The pilot pressed the 'launch button lightly, and an infrared light flashed from the tail of the missile and flew towards the target.
The primitive people on the ground did not look afraid when they saw missiles in the air attack. Instead, their faces were filled with confidence. He slowly raised his shield and posed as the most manly position. He knew that all the women in the tribe must be hiding in the cracks of the rocks at this time, and focused on the battle with their big eyes. They often chose men who performed strong on the day.
He decided to use an extremely strong shield to block the missile in the air, then throw out a stone spear and kill the iron box in the air.
A missile that could destroy a building.
A flesh and blood body.
What kind of results will occur when the two meet!
There is no doubt that it is destruction! This is the result that any modern human can predict, but primitive humans do not know it, so they will only choose the "self-righteous" fighting method according to their understanding of this universe.
This is the inevitable result of "absolutely unimaginable".
Primitive humans and modern humans are the same creatures, with the same genetic information and living conditions, and the civilization level is only 0.7, which is absolutely unimaginable.
So when a low-level civilization faces a high-level civilization of unknown races, it is bound to be "absolutely unimaginable". Is it really a good choice to launch a rash attack in this situation?
Li Mo's heart was shaken.
"You must know that the essence of this universe is information. And higher civilizations often have the ability to 'read' various information. There is an old saying on earth that says: Anything that happens will leave traces." The Pajero, a big-headed person, continued to explain.
"This means that no attack can be hidden from the eyes of high-level civilizations. Once the Alpha civilization launches an attack, it will inevitably be subject to a devastating counterattack."
"Of course, the civilization on Omega may be just a low-level civilization below level 3, so the light particles can completely destroy this civilization."
"But will the Alpha civilization launch an attack just by taking the risk of being destroyed just by taking a casual glance millions of light years away?"
"This is an act where benefits are not proportional to risks!"
"This..." Li Mo scratched his head, as if thinking about how to explain it. He smiled and said, "Maybe, the Alpha civilization should conduct reconnaissance on Omega before launching an attack to determine the level of Omega civilization."
"Wrong!" Pajero, a big head, looked like a teacher who corrected his homework, and he was like a loud bell: "You forgot again that the essence of this universe is information."
"Deliberate investigation and casual glance are two completely different information. High-level civilizations do not care about 'random glance' because the entire universe is filled with curious eyes."
"But 'deliberate reconnaissance' is different. In the eyes of high-level civilizations, this has become a prelude to launching an attack, a declaration of war. Perhaps the Alpha civilization may be hit suddenly before it emits light particles."
"Then..." Li Mo discovered that this had become a paradox: if the planetary civilization is not reconnaissance, it is impossible to determine whether the planetary civilization is a high-level civilization, and it is impossible to launch an attack. If the planetary civilization is a high-level civilization, it will also cause a sudden blow.
So in the face of this situation, if the Alpha civilization does not want to destroy civilization because of a "stopping glance", the best way is to do nothing and just treat it as the traces of civilization on the Omega Star.
Chapter completed!