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  • Опубликовано: 21 янв 2023
  • I’ve been covering the Three Body Problem book series on this channel for quite some time now. This video will contain major spoilers for Cixin Liu’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy. The cosmos and its inhabitants throughout most of the series remains mysterious, but eventually more about the nature of the universe and those who live it is revealed, much of what we learn only adds to the cosmic dread at already permeates much of the series. The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy by Cixin Liu paints a picture of cosmic civilization that is dark, lonely, and terrifying. A universe where infant civilizations on young worlds might call out into the darkness seeking reprieve from the seemingly endless cosmic loneliness only to find that they have revealed themselves to a hunter in the dark, whose weapon is now squarely focused upon them. This is the reality of life within the dark forest, but there are some who master this universe. In this video we will discuss the various civilizations and groups known to inhabit Cixin’s Liu’s universe.
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  • @QuinnsIdeas
    @QuinnsIdeas  Год назад +334

    Subscribe to my new streaming channel for weekly reviews of the current Three Body Problem TV adaptation! ruclips.net/video/wovuNqW9rn0/видео.html

    • @kabascoolr
      @kabascoolr Год назад +11

      It's kind of crazy how I anticipate Quinn's videos more than I anticipate my favorite TV show episodes.

    • @ShirleyTimple
      @ShirleyTimple Год назад +2

      You should pin this comment so it's more visible, bud

    • @taylormademyself89
      @taylormademyself89 Год назад +2

      Another great video like always 😎🤟

    • @N3ur0m4nc3r
      @N3ur0m4nc3r Год назад +2

      I was unfamiliar with this series until I found your channel. Very fascinating thought experiment in futurism. I know the ideas might not be your own, but you do a fantastic job of detailing them. Thanks.

    • @mikebar42
      @mikebar42 Год назад +1

      So, our solar system is low entropy?

  • @2013Arcturus
    @2013Arcturus Год назад +3442

    I'm almost 40, work 6 days a week, own a home, have a wife, and have several hobbies, so I have virtually no time to read (or listen to audio books) anymore. I really appreciate these thoughtful, illustrative synopsis of new sci-fi that I otherwise wouldn't get to enjoy. Thank you Quinn!

    • @hiddenamericachannel
      @hiddenamericachannel Год назад +162

      But you have several hobbies? 🤔

    • @2013Arcturus
      @2013Arcturus Год назад +205

      @@hiddenamericachannel Yes I DM a dungeons and dragons game once a week, play magic the gathering a few times a month, run, play guitar and draw lol, so while I try to squeeze reading in there's it's never as much as I wish, and there's no way I could possibly keep up with everything that I want to read. 🤷‍♂

    • @hiddenamericachannel
      @hiddenamericachannel Год назад +34

      @@2013Arcturus Neat!

    • @shadbird8772
      @shadbird8772 Год назад +24

      I feel ya man. I have a log of about 12 books I want to read/listen to but honestly can't find the time if someone gave me a time-compass to find more. Dm-ing takes so much goddamned effort, thought, and situational approach, I applaud your effort. Hope your campaigns go well, in anyway they go.

    • @punkyllama420
      @punkyllama420 Год назад +138

      You're so busy and interesting and you sound really important. I liked the part where you said you own a home. How much do you charge for autographs?

  • @mayacostales4468
    @mayacostales4468 Год назад +1275

    One detail about Singer that always gets me is that if you look at the times listed for each chapter you realize that a dual vector foil had already arrived in our solar system by the time Singer sent one - we'd been flattened in Bunker year 66, his foil was sent in Bunker year 67. The light from the event simply hadn't reached Singer yet, and his supervisor mentions that dual vector foils were already used throughout the cosmos which is why they gave no thought to sending one out. It really shows the mundane nature of the Dark Forest for these advanced species.
    I'm so glad that Quinn discussed the microcosmos in the unfolded microcosmos, that was one of the most darkly funny moments in the books. Humans are probably just as guilty of destroying microcosmos in our own physics experiments without even realizing it.

    • @iExploder
      @iExploder Год назад +79

      I had never noticed that! Great catch!

    • @ShirleyTimple
      @ShirleyTimple Год назад +6

      @@M-D-K RUclips won't allow links😞

    • @M-D-K
      @M-D-K Год назад +5

      @@ShirleyTimple took me a while to catch on haha thanks

    • @jalllaaavg
      @jalllaaavg Год назад +4

      @@M-D-K deconstruct the link

    • @M-D-K
      @M-D-K Год назад +3

      @@jalllaaavg I tried that and it didn't work either, it was still recognized as a link

  • @lombardo141
    @lombardo141 Год назад +557

    I was taken aback when Singer just threw the vector foil at the solar system like it was nothing and meant absolutely nothing to him. Meanwhile back in the solar system chaos. Remembering now as a kid when i terrorized ant hills without any care in the world really puts things in perspective for me.

    • @saganandroid4175
      @saganandroid4175 11 месяцев назад +69

      Same here. I defend them now. Even went vegan.

    • @ligma6992
      @ligma6992 10 месяцев назад +46

      @@saganandroid4175 You are the reason our society is falling apart.

    • @yadediuburekyolu8481
      @yadediuburekyolu8481 10 месяцев назад +79

      @@ligma6992Yet you are the one with the obscene username.

    • @ligma6992
      @ligma6992 10 месяцев назад

      @@yadediuburekyolu8481 cope

    • @xraselver7634
      @xraselver7634 9 месяцев назад +25

      @@ligma6992 Is that meant as a joke?

  • @IAmNumber4000
    @IAmNumber4000 Год назад +286

    It was wild how the dual-vector foil made the Trisolaran invasion look almost quaint. That thing is terrifying.

    • @mattmaas5790
      @mattmaas5790 Месяц назад +1

      Swag

    • @jamrollz
      @jamrollz Месяц назад +11

      I like how singer just 'flings' it at earth without a second thought like someone dealing with a trivial task at work that they've done 1000 times before (because this is exactly what it is)

    • @CommonSenz
      @CommonSenz Месяц назад +3

      Like I am watching an ant pass by, play with it a little bit, then squash it and leave the toilet..

    • @longdang1119
      @longdang1119 День назад

      Just some sci-fi things. Something like that might never exist. Also how can 3D objects become 2D? The amount of informations in 3D world is too large for any 2D world. Also, due to Stephen Hawking, informations must always preserve.

    • @gregorykafanelis5093
      @gregorykafanelis5093 6 часов назад

      @@longdang1119 you can google the holography principle. One solution to the information paradox is that a 3d object that enters the horizon of a black hole, transfer its information to the 2d area of said black hole

  • @Prototheria
    @Prototheria Год назад +1418

    I have no idea what the legal loopholes would be, but I absolutely would pay good money for you to make audio book versions of the TBP series. Your tone, pacing, clarity of speech, and knowledge of the subject are perfect.

    • @Ozonehh
      @Ozonehh Год назад +69

      I would pay an unreasonable amount for this. PLEASE!

    • @EdMcStinko
      @EdMcStinko Год назад +37

      Sir, that is the best idea Ive heard in a while

    • @connorp5142
      @connorp5142 Год назад +16

      No need, Scribd is 12$ a month and it has the audio

    • @armybrat101
      @armybrat101 Год назад +7

      Bruh the whole series is on yt right now.

    • @Easyfilm84
      @Easyfilm84 Год назад +2

      SAME

  • @tdclemensen
    @tdclemensen Год назад +1102

    One thing I wanted to bring up: Singer's race used photoids all the time. Singer wanted to use the dual-vector foil for Earth because of the possibility of humans using Jupiter and Saturn as shields against the sun's explosion. He was right of course, since all of the space cities we had built in their shadows were specifically meant to guard against a photoid strike.

    • @TRYCLOPS1
      @TRYCLOPS1 Год назад +270

      Yup. The dual-vector foil was used as a sign of “respect” lol.

    • @x3tc1
      @x3tc1 Год назад +295

      @@TRYCLOPS1 A final "GG" before curbstomping the opposing team

    • @TRYCLOPS1
      @TRYCLOPS1 Год назад +108

      @@x3tc1 yea he just needed to get an override from his supervisor lol 😂 very insane stuff

    • @Fridaey13txhOktober
      @Fridaey13txhOktober Год назад +46

      So in hundreds of years no one in the solar system noticed the destruction or vanishing of stars??

    • @clarkthompson8094
      @clarkthompson8094 Год назад +83

      @@Fridaey13txhOktober there are a lot of stars and stars do explode on their own too, so maybe not?

  • @fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName
    @fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName Год назад +569

    The most disturbing thing about this series is how powerfully hopeless it is. Whether it's Way losing himself in a black hole, doomsday ships running away to the end of the universe, or humanity desperately clawing at a universe where they're just a tiny blip, this story is godlike in it's power.

    • @thunderbear82
      @thunderbear82 8 месяцев назад +22

      Almost every book needs to make demonstrations of power in order to show which godlike being is the greatest. It's little more sophisticated version of a superhero universe.

    • @TyranasauruzFlex6669
      @TyranasauruzFlex6669 5 месяцев назад +8

      @@thunderbear82 I strongly disagree

    • @thunderbear82
      @thunderbear82 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@TyranasauruzFlex6669 What specifically do you disagree with?

    • @TyranasauruzFlex6669
      @TyranasauruzFlex6669 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@thunderbear82 The superhero universe part. No disrespect intended, I just think it's a drastic oversimplification.

    • @thunderbear82
      @thunderbear82 5 месяцев назад +10

      @@TyranasauruzFlex6669 I’m not offended because I was saying the same idea. I said a more sophisticated version, meaning I was oversimplifying. Also the superheroes were an example in the concept, you can replace with any series that has creatures with powers or abilities above human limits.

  • @OnlyAFoolsHope
    @OnlyAFoolsHope Год назад +172

    The writing in this series is incredible. The ending actually answers the question of wether or not those eyes that appeared and attacked Trisolaris were multiple civilizations or one within that unfolded proton. They were multiple coming together in defense of their universe. From the Trisolaran perspective, they only needed to focus their attack on the uncurled proton in the sky to destroy that whole universe. But from those poor proton peoples’ perspective all they could do was gather their full strength and attack the capital city, which for them would’ve only been a single point in the vastness of our universe. It really demonstrates how fragile the cosmos are.

  • @MrMannyfresh78
    @MrMannyfresh78 Год назад +507

    Singers tale in Redemption of Time is wild. It’s mind boggling to try and conceive how he just “flicks” a dual vector foil at the solar system while “singing.”

    • @masonthunkwell9786
      @masonthunkwell9786 Год назад +91

      I always felt Singer's use of the word, "flick," was ambiguous. Through the entire section, Singer uses strange terminology for the things it's describing and the terms do tend to have a bit of a personal, physical tone to them. Time-grains, short/long/super-membrane, plucking stars. Now that I'm writing this out, "flick," is definitely a translation for something more mechanical.
      What I wanna know about is the solidified time he sings about giving his girl (which she slathers all over herself if I recall correctly).

    • @lombardo141
      @lombardo141 Год назад +87

      I was taken aback when Singer just threw the vector foil at the solar system like it was nothing and meant absolutely nothing to him. Meanwhile back in the solar system chaos. Remembering now as a kid when i terrorized ant hills without any care in the world really puts things in perspective for me.

    • @ariffothman6195
      @ariffothman6195 Год назад +141

      I think the "flick" was to point out how insignificant an action it was for Singer to flatten a solar system and wipe out an entire civilization. This is in line with the idea that Singer was also an unimportant person with supervisors above him. Flattening the solar system was no different than a pest control guy fogging an ant hill. The ants can't even fathom what's going on, but to the guy it's just another day at work. True cosmic horror right there.

    • @stevefrench7036
      @stevefrench7036 Год назад +32

      Reminds me of that character in Rick and Morty who whistles, and says with a friendly casual voice '' oh boy, here I go killing again! ''

    • @DolusVulpes
      @DolusVulpes Год назад +28

      ​@Ariff Othman which means the fascination and curiosity he was watching our solar system with was the same as the fascination and curiosity that a human has watching an ant hill, where they're basically just amusing themselves by seeing what the strange little creatures are doing.

  • @icarus313
    @icarus313 Год назад +87

    You are one of the few content creators out there who can talk about Sci-Fi in a way that truly grabs hold of my attention! The concepts you've explored here, especially with the Three Body Problem series, are absolutely jaw-dropping. My mind is always fed by your discussions and you keep the tone of everything so inviting and intimate - it's like I'm visiting a friend and being told grand mythic stories while gathered around a campfire.
    Great work as always, Quinn. You're the fucking man! 👍

    • @menpham6739
      @menpham6739 Год назад

      Nếu qui vị hiểu ADN và cách phục hồi phần mềm trong cơ thể đồng ứng với luân xa nói chính xác loài người bị giới hạn bởi sách vở,công thức thuyết đa thần đa vật chất với thuyết vạn vật đồng nhất thể là hai trạng thái của cảm xúc vị giác ảo giác sự tương đồng với tế bào,một giấc mơ cũng vậy nó có sự tương tác trực tiếp hoặc gián tiếp đến não bộ

    • @menpham6739
      @menpham6739 Год назад

      Lê Xuân Huyền đã trả lời tài khoản này

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 3 месяца назад

      ​@@menpham6739well, that's a fascinating takes. I wonder if chackras pertain to concept of electrical in nerves in human body.

  • @xenopelta240
    @xenopelta240 Год назад +172

    One minor note:
    Very basically, lower entropy states are those with more order compared to high entropy states that are closer to equilibrium. So, refering to humans as "low entropy beings" would imply that Singer identifies them as ordered rather than disordered.

    • @johnharvey5412
      @johnharvey5412 8 месяцев назад +44

      I interpreted this as his culture's way of distinguishing between natural phenomena and intelligent beings. We try to turn things into ordered states and perpetuate our own existence while externalizing the disorder we create, like burning fossil fuels for energy to smelt iron. The iron gets more organized, while we vent the fumes and heat. Not sure if I explained that correctly.

    • @HuaHaoHao
      @HuaHaoHao 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@johnharvey5412that explanation is so neat

    • @tomasfontes3616
      @tomasfontes3616 5 месяцев назад +11

      Exactly. The most advanced civilizations would achieve the lowest entropy (i.e. the highest order).

    • @MrGovannan
      @MrGovannan 3 месяца назад +14

      One of the definition of life is a system that lowers entropy locally. So I think Singer just calls lifeforms being of low entropy.

    • @user-lv4lb2gp8n
      @user-lv4lb2gp8n Месяц назад +1

      @@MrGovannan It lowers entropy locally by using much increased entropy. That's life.

  • @junolynch1263
    @junolynch1263 Год назад +359

    Does anyone else find Quinn’s voice for the Trisolaran scientist unusually but incredibly endearing?

    • @joeytodd795
      @joeytodd795 Год назад +26

      I'm a professional musician, and my manager both looks a little and sounds like Quinn. He's done so much for me, saved my butt so many times, I'm basically conditioned to be comforted by Quinn's voice 😆

    • @michaelking9818
      @michaelking9818 Год назад

      No you weirdo

    • @RandyBaumery
      @RandyBaumery 3 дня назад

      I was too engrossed in the story to notice. It has to be a female with a 1-969 phone service voice to affect me in any large way.

  • @jennifervan75
    @jennifervan75 Год назад +191

    Please never stop creating, my man.
    Your content is a breath of fresh air on thus platform

  • @ronaldpadgett2580
    @ronaldpadgett2580 Год назад +84

    I just discovered "3 body problem" and I didn't know what it was, was just looking up alien book ideas and bloop this it's a never ending hole for creative people, people who just think and can express it somehow are amazing. I will come back if I'm impressed

    • @lordblazer
      @lordblazer Год назад +1

      wait til you get to the singer yoo.... bro is like "gg humans"

    • @ronaldpadgett2580
      @ronaldpadgett2580 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@lordblazerwhaaaa I have no idea, dies it get crazy??

  • @DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1
    @DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1 Год назад +88

    8:27 ''Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.''
    -Friedrich Nietzsche

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 3 месяца назад +1

      Funny enough, this quote are well imbedded in law enforcements

    • @RandyBaumery
      @RandyBaumery 3 дня назад

      I scared the abyss after it saw me---- R. Baumery

  • @GodWorksOut
    @GodWorksOut Год назад +366

    Quinn, I am so thankful you talk about three body. When I first saw you talk about it, I bought the books and devoured them. Then you mentioned the show and I’ve been watching it and it’s great! I just wanted to say thanks for introducing me to this

    • @connycontainer9459
      @connycontainer9459 Год назад +8

      Show ? What show ?

    • @connycontainer9459
      @connycontainer9459 Год назад +5

      Nevermind. Found it on YT.

    • @herzji
      @herzji Год назад +3

      Amen to this. Quinn is amazing

    • @J-Loe
      @J-Loe Год назад +3

      Yep, same for me.
      Thank you Quinn
      You really are a champion

    • @empresagabriel
      @empresagabriel Год назад +2

      Same! Thank you so much Quinn, you really are a champion

  • @chronoflect
    @chronoflect Год назад +91

    This video series is what got me to look into the Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy, and it has become one of my favorite sci-fi stories of all time. I loved it even after I had already spoiled all of the major plot points from your videos, which just goes to show how evocative these books are. Thanks for shining a light on such a cool series.

  • @IshbelMcL
    @IshbelMcL Год назад +73

    Though it had been sat on my shelf for a long time, I read the 3 Body Problem trilogy based on your first video in the series, and I can’t thank you enough for motivating me to do so. I have never enjoyed a series more. I feel like my mind has expanded and I’m now in an exclusive club of the enlightened. Thank you for making content such as this. Here’s to more discoveries you’ll guide us all to in the future! You’re bloody brilliant Quinn.

    • @Gianfranco_69
      @Gianfranco_69 Год назад +5

      I am half way thru Dark forest..... its the heaviest mindtrip a book can possibly give

    • @mythicdawn9574
      @mythicdawn9574 Год назад +4

      @@Gianfranco_69 Last half of Death's End (3rd book) is on a completely different level of trippiness and dread :)

    • @Gianfranco_69
      @Gianfranco_69 Год назад

      @@mythicdawn9574 i will get to it,its on my hitlist

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 3 месяца назад

      And now....go and read asimov's Foundation.

  • @JetFalco
    @JetFalco Год назад +97

    An interesting, hilarious concept to think about:
    The "Eyes & Eye & Light Spot" attack during the Tri's experiments could be a big allegorical joke alluding to the Trisolarans' true size, written in Cixin Liu's darker, mysterious, slightly satirical way.
    Read those passages again with the following mindset: "just a bunch of space kids with a huge magnifying glass burning some bugs."
    The "inverted cone of light" was the biggest hint that clued me in during my first read of the series. I could even imagine a bunch of kids starting to huddle around the alien kid holding the magnifying glass, and as they start to burn the Tri's, there is the one huge eye that focuses in to observe the damage, much like kids would do. It's not exact, but allegorical, as I said. XD
    The mysterious beings they accidentally revealed themselves totally could likely have been juvenile pranksters. It's truly hilarious to think about.

    • @lombardo141
      @lombardo141 Год назад +26

      Reminds me of when is used to terrorize ants when I was a kid. Can you imagine if the ants launched a nuclear weapon at me ? 😅

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 3 месяца назад +5

      And terrifying😢

  • @listen2me00
    @listen2me00 Год назад +296

    I've listened to each book 5 times now and still am not sick of it. This is truly a masterfully made series

    • @simonfarre4907
      @simonfarre4907 Год назад +11

      I've only listened to the trilogy once, but it's one of the few fictive works i've "read" in a long while and it was so worth it. Amazing trilogy and listening to it was immensely satisfying.

    • @ShirleyTimple
      @ShirleyTimple Год назад +6

      Same lol. I've read the trilogy 5 times and Dark Forest itself about 8. That book is an experience I can't shake.

    • @versaii5519
      @versaii5519 Год назад

      where did you listen !

    • @listen2me00
      @listen2me00 Год назад +2

      @@versaii5519 YT. Shh

    • @dadrising6464
      @dadrising6464 Год назад

      @@versaii5519 im more of a "Book" guy, but a buddy just got it on audible. Seems uncut

  • @HomoSapienMan
    @HomoSapienMan Год назад +56

    Read this book a few years back, found your channel because of this book I was surprised at the lack of content for it on RUclips. But your channel is doing it justice. 47 minutes! I'm Excited

  • @natethebass-man2869
    @natethebass-man2869 Год назад +185

    Three Body Problem Series in a Nutshell
    1. Huh, this is pretty interesting
    2. Holy crap HOLY CRAP
    3. …what..?

    • @mikcurius3779
      @mikcurius3779 Месяц назад +8

      3 body problem series is extreme fiction and nonsense

    • @mikedonald2018
      @mikedonald2018 Месяц назад +23

      @@mikcurius3779true but you said it’s fiction so it can’t be nonsense it’s a story a science fiction so everything in it is very valid and not nonsense since it’s not real it’s fiction

    • @kevone-eo6pq
      @kevone-eo6pq Месяц назад

      go and watch a marvel film then.@@mikcurius3779

    • @neo7759
      @neo7759 Месяц назад +15

      ​​@@mikcurius3779Cause you know the truth and accurate depictions of the universe and all possible life that exists therein 🙄. You are like one of those people who goes into a Haunted House attraction around Halloween time and then keeps loudly telling everyone else "This isn't even real" the whole time to make yourself feel better that you don't understand everything that is happening.

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton Месяц назад +2

      ​@@mikcurius3779 I thought it was an autobiography!?

  • @EllissDee4you4me
    @EllissDee4you4me Месяц назад +9

    That bit about the seemingly endless universe potentially being filled with uncountable microcosms gives me the chills. Turtles all the way down.
    This is also a great way to visualize how one infinity can be larger than another. Let’s assume our universe is infinite and also that there are an infinite number of particle sized universes contained within our universe. Despite both values being expressed as infinity, you can safely assume the value of the infinity expressing the total size of the sum of microcosms is infinitely larger the infinity that expresses the total value of the size of our universe. The size of our big universe is infinity but the size of all the combined mini universes is an infinity of infinities.

  • @KILROY94
    @KILROY94 Год назад +12

    usually don‘t write comments but i just wanted to thank you for introducing me to the trisolaris trilogy. it‘s the most amazing story i‘ve ever experienced in any kind of media. thank you, quinn.

  • @justamurse5646
    @justamurse5646 Год назад +33

    Love how you covered this! Of all the high concept ideas of all 3 books the unfolding of the proton on Trisolaris confused me most on reading through it the first time. I had to reread it to get a better grasp of it.
    Was such a crazy and intense idea that could have been a book series on its own, but it is just a passing part in one chapter in the book and only a small part of the necessary progress for Trisolaris. It goes with how insignificant even the trillions of lives in the microcosmos are to higher life forms -as they’re snuffed out and destroyed like nothing. And how our entire planet, all of humanity, and maybe our universe could be completely insignificant in the big picture of uncaring, cold reality.
    It is like a whole other type of cosmic horror.

  • @Albert_C
    @Albert_C Год назад +134

    The first trisolaris fleet did settle somewhere near galactic human. The evidence is that Yun Tianming arrived not long after receiving Cheng Xin's message.

    • @eastbow6053
      @eastbow6053 Год назад +2

      f this bugs xD

    • @johns1625
      @johns1625 Год назад +17

      I thought that the guy who had his brain sent to the trisolaran fleet mentioned that they had found a home elsewhere? There's so much that happened I don't remember, and I still can't recognize who is who by name. Lol

  • @ApolloVR6
    @ApolloVR6 Год назад +26

    The Three Body Problem series is your greatest masterpiece. Excellent work, friend.

    • @lemokemo5752
      @lemokemo5752 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yes, Quinn wrote it

    • @ApolloVR6
      @ApolloVR6 10 месяцев назад

      @@lemokemo5752 don't be a dick, you know what I meant

  • @tekkamanspade8709
    @tekkamanspade8709 Год назад +49

    You would do the Xelee universe so much justice with videos like this. Keep up the great work!

    • @GrantE90
      @GrantE90 Год назад +8

      I need this to happen, the Xeelee Sequence is wild.

    • @ennui9745
      @ennui9745 Год назад +1

      @@GrantE90 Ah, to choose between a zero-trust, kill-or-be-killed universe where every race is out to destroy every other race - or a universe doomed to early heat death by unstoppable and inexorable creatures made of dark matter.
      Fun stuff.

    • @chs_ambs8356
      @chs_ambs8356 Год назад +6

      Yep, I loved the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, but honestly think Stephen Baxter did sci-fi epics better. The Time Ships is really trippy, too. He wrote it as a sequel to H.G. Wells' Time Machine.

  • @thowle
    @thowle Год назад +55

    I have just finished the third book in the series and this couldn't have come in a better time, thanks Quinn!

  • @tedgunther9557
    @tedgunther9557 Год назад +19

    This series just continued to one-up itself over and over again. It's like an olympian continually breaking their own record. Redefining what we once thought possible. Thanks for all your work to help explain these, Quinn. You're the best.

  • @Mewobiba
    @Mewobiba Год назад +15

    Great video! Two comments in regards to Singer's race in particular:
    1) I'm not sure they were *actually* the ones that destroyed the solar system. The timeline gets a bit wonky if so, so either the intended meaning was that Singer's race destroyed the solar system (and Cixin Liu just made a minor error in the timeline) or, that Singer's attack came slightly "too late" in that another of the greater civilizations had destroyed us first (which would also fit thematically in a cosmic horror 'we were so completely boned' sense)
    2) In regards to Singer referring to "low entropy beings", I don't think the implication is that we're unstructured and random; low entropy would rather imply a degree of order, with "high entropy" implying structurelessness. I *think* "low entropy being" is Singer's way of referring to life and phenomena analogous to life (say, AI), because life tends to actively structure itself in ordered ways, from the level of cells to societies, whereas a lot of other matter won't do that. I think the word choice is meant to show how different Singer's perception is, where questions of things like life or sentience become irrelevant to the point that such words fall away in favor of words describing their role on a cosmic scale.
    Thanks again for great videos!

  • @casey4415
    @casey4415 Год назад +21

    I’ve watched many of the videos on your channel, Quinn. Because of this one, I’m heading straight to Patreon. The fact that you put this much effort in essentially for free is crazy. Bravo 👏

  • @adventurefaps9571
    @adventurefaps9571 Год назад +14

    46 minutes video on three body problem from one of the best youtube channels thats covers scifi series? HELL YEAH!

  • @TheBrazilianHue
    @TheBrazilianHue Год назад +7

    I've never heard of these, ever, but your video here is so well put, edited and written that I believe I now have a new obsession. Thanks.

  • @user-cb9mf2hq3p
    @user-cb9mf2hq3p Год назад +14

    Most genuinely interesting sci fi series of the 21st century so far imo

  • @wappy3532
    @wappy3532 Год назад +51

    This guy is so awesome. Love the insights, quality and dedication. Please keep it up. Few channels actually meet the bar you've reached.

  • @nicolasdelatorre7382
    @nicolasdelatorre7382 Год назад +123

    Im a simple man. I see a Quinn's Three Body Problem video, I click. Thank you for the amazing content man.

    • @iExploder
      @iExploder Год назад +7

      Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well!

  • @spacebees86
    @spacebees86 8 месяцев назад +71

    Watching these all out of order now.
    I really liked how throughout the series we never "see" a single alien. They are never physically described, and no POV character encounters them. Well, sort of. It's been interesting to see all the fan art compared to what I imagined as I read.
    I had a lot of favourite parts until I got to the fairy tales. I keep going back to re-read them.
    Love your work, you are filling up my bookshelf.

    • @zappababe8577
      @zappababe8577 4 месяца назад +8

      You take the opposite view to me, I'd much prefer to see how the author visualised them (as Quinn and others have said, the fact that they can dehydrate strongly implies that they are very small, like tardigrades, but that still leaves plenty of scope for imagining what they actually look like).

    • @spacebees86
      @spacebees86 4 месяца назад +2

      @@zappababe8577 to be honest just pictured them as the water people from Futurama

    • @neo7759
      @neo7759 Месяц назад

      I always imagine them looking exactly like swiper from Dora the explorer

  • @LilBearZen
    @LilBearZen Год назад +2

    I usually listen to RUclips in the background, but the quality of these has gotten so good that my eyes are glued. Getting better every day dude, really appreciate your content, genuinely.

  • @AaronBaldes
    @AaronBaldes Год назад +14

    Thank you so much, Quinn! This is amazing! You are meeting a demand that no one else on RUclips is touching, and you are doing such a great job! I plan to join your Patreon because of this series!

  • @TheSH1N1GAM1
    @TheSH1N1GAM1 Год назад +20

    I read these books because of your recommendation/so I could watch your videos about the series. Some of my favorite books now.

    • @ShirleyTimple
      @ShirleyTimple Год назад +2

      Welcome to the club! I'm willing to bet most of us share your experience, lol.

  • @mxm23adregalusandmore62
    @mxm23adregalusandmore62 Год назад +25

    And i thought the Xeelee and the Photino Bird war was brutal. This saga opened a whole new perspective of violence to me. Which doesn't happen often

  • @mystea840
    @mystea840 Год назад +3

    The graphics are giving me life, Quinn. Thanks as always for another video on the series - this is my favorite one yet

  • @holyroads
    @holyroads Год назад +11

    I really enjoy your videos! I listened to the whole trilogy because of your reviews. Thank you for that and thank you for creating high quality videos!!

  • @wearandtear6692
    @wearandtear6692 Год назад +15

    Quinn, thank you for covering this material and the connected ideas. Your style of narration is great as well!

  • @thegozerian2593
    @thegozerian2593 Год назад +6

    Bro. I don't know what's better. The complicated thoughts of these sci fi novels or how well you explain it. 👏👏👏

  • @Fletch249
    @Fletch249 Год назад +9

    Just finished Death's End. Thank you for doing what you do Quinn, wouldn't have known what I was missing if you didn't. Love your content, keep it up 💖

  • @tektoastium7241
    @tektoastium7241 Год назад +55

    The Trisolaran discovery of microcosms basically means that of the entire human race, physicists have the highest killstreak.
    Which is terrifying and cool at the same time and makes you think on whether we are just on the inside of a subatomic particle to another sentient race’s perspective by that logic.

    • @aggonzalezdc
      @aggonzalezdc Год назад +3

      Stars have the highest kill streak. By multiple orders of magnitude.

    • @tektoastium7241
      @tektoastium7241 Год назад +2

      @@aggonzalezdc I mean of the human race.

  • @HellCatt0770
    @HellCatt0770 Год назад +32

    Nice to be among others that see the genius of the ideas in this book. I don’t think I’ve read anything that really compares (always welcome suggestions though). Thank you for covering TBP 🙏

  • @danieltallon4316
    @danieltallon4316 Год назад +4

    As always, this is a great video and you turned me on to this book series. Never stop, Quinn. The world needs you.

  • @bugnar7
    @bugnar7 Год назад +1

    You introduced me to the three body problem about a year ago, I was holding off to watch this video until I had finished all three volumes. Thank you for a great discovery, I will definitely look for other great books to look at from your channel next 😊. Keep up the good work Quinn!

  • @birbdad1842
    @birbdad1842 Год назад +9

    Thanks man, you have re-ignated my love for reading. Honestly havent finished a book in almost 5 years, now I'm reading again.

  • @drgirlfriend211
    @drgirlfriend211 Год назад +11

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU QUINN!!!!!!!! For introducing me to the three body problem series…… I am in the middle of The Dark Forest (LuoJi has awoken in year 205 and I’m learning about the future world😮) I am OBSESSED and I wish I had more friends that have read this to talk about it with!!!)

  • @PHOBOS1708
    @PHOBOS1708 Год назад +3

    your channel is one of the gems of RUclips... thank you! 🖤🖤🖤🥰

  • @mrmeyerhofer
    @mrmeyerhofer Год назад +11

    Just wanted to say thanks for creating these! I've especially enjoyed this list and am now on my second playthrough.

  • @bigroxxor420
    @bigroxxor420 Год назад +6

    well I didn't expect this to come up on auto play. I love your videos on this series! please never stop, your quality is top notch!!!!

  • @dreamlaunchlab9673
    @dreamlaunchlab9673 Месяц назад

    Thank you for helping reawaken my love for listening to true storytelling. I have went down each rabbit hole with you floating along your astonishingly rich voice.

  • @ShirleyTimple
    @ShirleyTimple Год назад +24

    Thank you for introducing me to this fantastic series, Quinn. I can't tell you how much this story changed me and inspired me to not only get back into science fiction, but astronomy and science in general. I'm truly grateful and look forward to your future work!

  • @tastyneck
    @tastyneck Год назад +5

    I just finished the first book. It wasn't really what I thought it was going to be in all of the best ways. I absolutely loved it. Can't wait to finish the series so I can come back and watch your vids on the series.

  • @pillepolle3122
    @pillepolle3122 Год назад +9

    I am totally in a three body hype. heard the books, watched all the episodes of the animated and live adaption series (to date) and now this great video. three body problem is a phenomenon and its great!

  • @BigManJapan298
    @BigManJapan298 Год назад +11

    Im always so pumped when you have a Three Body Problem video

  • @noeditbookreviews
    @noeditbookreviews Год назад +2

    I love the work and attention you put into your videos. Especially the 3-body-related videos. Thank you

  • @theway-offgrid9853
    @theway-offgrid9853 8 месяцев назад

    Quinn... Thank you for turning me on to this series. I'm going the reverse method and watching it then reading it. But I don't care about spoilers and still find an untold story this complex facinating. Even after watching EVERY video you've done on the topic, twice, I still can't get enough.
    Thank you for this channel. You keep me from being bored to tears at work for MANY hours.

  • @weekendjail1417
    @weekendjail1417 Год назад +3

    I just found your Channel somehow through the RUclips algorithm and it is very enjoyable to hear about these science fiction universes that I have never come across before.
    Making my work shift much more enjoyable.
    I know that Warhammer 40,000 isn't really "hard" science fiction but I really enjoy your style of breaking things down and that would be really cool to see you do a breakdown of a topic in the 40K-verse. ❤

  • @stevenelliott5425
    @stevenelliott5425 5 месяцев назад

    I frikkin love your channel and I want to thank you for the many hours of content that has gotten me thru the years.

  • @robertopang4240
    @robertopang4240 Год назад +2

    Amazing content! Very enjoyable. (great dedication to the material)
    When I read the books I was in such a hurry to move on because the story and events were so compelling, but by doing so, I recognized that I was not giving the proper attention to details and for ideas to sink in.
    Your videos make is clear that if one decides to go fast in the reading, that one should plan to go a second time, this time in a more leisurely pace, appreciating the scenery and thinking about the implications, as the end destination is already known.

  • @TyLarson
    @TyLarson Год назад +25

    Reminds me of Lee Smolin's idea about black holes being basically entry points into other universes or branes. The idea of universes evolving to have more black holes and thus more universes.

  • @CollectorsFix
    @CollectorsFix Год назад +10

    I can't get enough Three Body Problem content!! I'm glad you're still pumping these videos out Quinn.

  • @hlarjay7503
    @hlarjay7503 Год назад

    Omg I been binge watching all of your videos and I wake up today to find this has been uploaded, you are a legend.

  • @maybetall
    @maybetall Год назад +1

    You got me into these books! They are difficult to ramp up so I’m glad that you make these interesting videos to keep me engaged. I’m really excited to watch the show when I get Netflix again!

  • @ardentdfender4116
    @ardentdfender4116 Месяц назад +4

    This book is crazy science fiction. I just watched Season 1 on the Netflix series. If they do in coming seasons the entire rest of the book series, it’s gonna be some crazy Sci-Fi.

  • @TwobitRules
    @TwobitRules Год назад +11

    Love you Quinn, you’re what a sci fi nerd aspires to be! Wish you all the best

  • @Dogedalfthegrey
    @Dogedalfthegrey Год назад +1

    Commenting cause i love and appreciate your content! I hope your channel grows, and that more people get infected by your ever so pure and passionate love for sci-fi. Keep it going man!

  • @chadknight3183
    @chadknight3183 Год назад +6

    Love all your videos, especially the ones about the Dune series. Keep up the great work!

  • @jakehagelstein2709
    @jakehagelstein2709 Год назад +11

    I saw your first video on three body shortly after you put it out found it so intriguing that I have the whole series now and obviously still check out what videos you make on it and can not wait to watch the Netflix series

    • @jakehagelstein2709
      @jakehagelstein2709 Год назад

      Additionally I looked it up on nextlfix n it's weird will show me the show exist but not let me watch do I need a VPN to set it to a different region or am I just too early for the party I'm in the usa

  • @johnanon658
    @johnanon658 Год назад +1

    Thank you, sir, for all of this on this series. Incredible thought provoking

  • @crablord7934
    @crablord7934 Год назад +4

    I like how the relationship between structures within the universe and dimensions is basically the relationship between a number and a function in a mathematical equation. That's a cool ass way to expand the universe way beyond what we can observe.

  • @Randleray
    @Randleray Год назад +22

    This is the first time I actually watch a video of yours talking about Three Body... This due to the fact that I just finished the books (thanks to your recommendation 2 years ago). And I wanted to remain spoiler free. Now I didnt read the books in English and I notice, they changed a lot of names in my first language. Most of them are literal translations, which if I translate them back into english dont make much sense anymore >_> ... Nontheless, it is just a matter of getting used to - aside of that, the video is brilliant.

    • @fordprefect859
      @fordprefect859 Год назад +2

      The original is in Chinese, so that's probably why it doesn't translate "back" into english very well.

    • @Randleray
      @Randleray Год назад +1

      @@fordprefect859 Yes, I know. My problem is more, that this is one of those translations from English into my language, where the translators went with literal translations. That is normally a good thing, but in this case most things are very technical and my first language and English really dont do well translating back and forth with scientivic terms.

  • @kevinlasher2812
    @kevinlasher2812 Год назад +4

    Hi Quinn. Just wanted to say I enjoyed your long form content much more than the 10 minute format that YT tries to encourage.

  • @Ariakas22
    @Ariakas22 Год назад

    Thanks for the video Quinn, bought this trilogy because of your videos. Keep up the great work!

  • @billl2903
    @billl2903 Год назад +1

    Such a good video. You know Quinn, you’ve gotten me into so much excellent sci fi series, and made me revisit Dune and examine it with an intellectuality I just didn’t when I was a kid.
    I can honestly say I’m better for it, and I hope lots of people tell you the same. Thanks man.

  • @shakenbacon-vm4eu
    @shakenbacon-vm4eu Год назад +6

    Wow, I just finished death’s end. A big motivation was finally to watch Quinn’s essays! What an amazing story.

  • @geckoguy4141
    @geckoguy4141 Год назад +4

    Literally just discovered this channel and I'm completely obsessed with your narrations and thoughts! If you don't already know about them, I highly recommend looking into the graphic novel, Shakara and the video game (or at least its art book), Scorn. Both are really good with unique stories.

    • @neo7759
      @neo7759 Месяц назад +1

      Scorn rhymes with Corn 🌽

  • @LIF3nOOb
    @LIF3nOOb Год назад +2

    Hey Quinn, just finished the trilogy yesterday. Thanks a lot for these vids, they are great and highlight some scenes I initially thought „wouldnt be that important“. Also I really enjoy your voice.
    As a side idea that plopped up in my head, for some video/picture content you may could use material from star citizen, I think you would get some fitting stuff.

  • @RRRusan
    @RRRusan 9 месяцев назад

    Saw a review of this book series in my recommended videos but didn’t want to spoil them, so I bought them and read all three. Thank you for pointing me in the direction of a great reading experience.

  • @SADYT-be5qe
    @SADYT-be5qe 4 месяца назад +45

    2:36 Part One (Race I)
    14:40 Part Two (Race II)
    21:39 Part Three (Race III)
    26:32 Part Four (Race IV)
    34:16 Part Five (Race V)
    37:31 Conclusion

  • @zit1999
    @zit1999 Год назад +13

    Fantastic narration on a fantastic saga.
    Quinn for the win!

  • @bcoalwriter8337
    @bcoalwriter8337 Год назад

    Amazing video. Just the meaty lore video I needed. You even covered some stuff that I missed when I read the series.

  • @MichelleHell
    @MichelleHell Год назад +1

    This is so captivating. Deserve way more views/listens.

  • @FallenSkater1940
    @FallenSkater1940 Год назад +11

    I'm saving this video for when I'm finished with the final book, just wanted to leave a comment saying thank you Quinn for introducing me to a phenomenal series!

  • @dancajh
    @dancajh Год назад +3

    How strong would you need to be to announce your presence and obliterate all challengers

  • @markagrippa4018
    @markagrippa4018 Год назад

    This is easily one of the most intriguing and fascinating videos I ever watched on sci-fi existentialism

  • @fabiograziani8869
    @fabiograziani8869 8 месяцев назад

    Just finished the trilogy, the books are great and Quinn really brings the magic out of them with these videos!! We want more!

  • @zerotheory941
    @zerotheory941 Год назад +3

    Just discovered this channel a few days ago and was amazed! Been going through the video archive and have been turned on to so many books I've not heard of before. I was surprised you haven't covered anything from a personal favorite author, Charles Stross. Any plans to review some of his works?

  • @derekstaff
    @derekstaff Год назад +5

    There was so much going on in the series, I quickly completely forgot about the experience with the microscopic universe as I read the series. Thanks for calling attention to it. Such a short episode in the book, but with very interesting implications on further consideration. I love both the exploration of such trippy but realistic concepts as the multiple dimensions, and the way the civilizations in the wider universe (multiverse, depending on how you think of these microscopic worlds) are referenced or touched on, but never explored in any meaningful way, adding to the dark, mysterious nature of the series.
    I also appreciated how the Singer’s account suggests that life in the dark forest is ultimately not a happy one, regardless of your position in it. Nihilistic, but logical and very atmospheric.

    • @johnharvey5412
      @johnharvey5412 8 месяцев назад +1

      That makes me wonder if the higher dimensional beings living in one proton are aware of the existence of other protons, and if they're able to interact with them.

  • @Ragzbot
    @Ragzbot Год назад +2

    QUINN YOU ARE A GOAT FOR THIS. I can’t believe we have a 46 minute video breaking down one of my favorite trilogies of all time.
    Waiting for a fat video on the Children of Time trilogy one day. 😉

  • @Addison-RN
    @Addison-RN Год назад

    OMG I am on Vacation and I have discovered you and some other channels tonight that are AMAZING!! THANK YOU!

  • @carlosrincon6017
    @carlosrincon6017 Год назад +5

    I always click on the like button in each one of Quinn's videos even before watching them.
    I know they will always be top quality content. 🏆

  • @xydryx937
    @xydryx937 Год назад +10

    Love your videos! Makes me want to read more sci fi.