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Netflix’s new hit adaptation 3 Body Problem is filled with symbolism, but what does it all really mean? The book on which the show is based is famous for leaning hard into the science aspect of sci-fi, creating an engaging but incredibly dense work. The Netflix series streamlines some of the story’s more confusing aspects, but it still takes us on a wild ride and leaves us with more questions than answers. The show uses a lot of symbolism to help get across its major themes, and unpacking these can help us understand the story on a deeper level. So let’s break down some of the show’s most important symbols to get a better grasp of what the story is really trying to tell us.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:48 Virtual reality meets real issues
03:05 The three body problem
04:32 The usefulness (& danger) of fairy tales
05:55 Thanks to Zocdoc
07:39 The sophon & the desire for connection
09:56 Why threats always seem to be looming
13:06 The only way they can really win
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San-ti's experience is essentially a Chinese experience. If you study China's history, it's a 5000-years cycle of prosperity and chaos. Dynasty arises, unites the country, the civilization prospers and reaches a climax. Then it gradually collapses and falls into chaos, suffering war and famine, sometimes lasting hundreds of years. Then, from the ashes, new dynasty emerges, and the cycle begins again.
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The San Ti weren't seeking help from humans to solve the 3BP, they already knew that there is no general solution. They were simply using the game to educate and recruit the humans who can understand the problem, and therefore sympathise with their plight
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I dont think the San-ti believed the humans were "good" and had peaceful human co-existence in mind; first thing one of them says to a human was "do not answer; we will come, we will conquer". They just didnt have the concept of lying until a human explains it, then they were like "well, maybe the allied humans might not be so allied to us as they say"
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I don't think the San-Ti make a moral judgment on humans because of the human ability to lie. They make a tactical judgment. Someone capable of deception can lead them into a trap. That's why they say "We are afraid of you."
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Something I'm loving about the 3 Body Problem adaptation is, I don't think I've ever encountered a story with so many layers of subtext, allusion, metaphor, and hidden meanings. And contrary to the assertion that Liu's books are so heavy on the science (true, compared to most mainstream fiction), the meanings here are psychological, spiritual, philosophical, and even literary. If you rewatch the series, carefully, you will discover that virtually every scene is loaded with little details that unfold more and more every time you rewatch and piece more of the puzzles of the story together. And yet, only more questions emerge.
Within the story one of many themes is the idea of when we should or should not care about the outcomes including life and death of another. Should one care about the fates of their distant future descendants? What about a long time friend who not so secretly pines for our love? What if that friend were suddenly a disembodied brain hurtling into the future? Should we care about those in our nation, or our family, or those who share our ideology? Should we care about our own life if we are absolutely dying soon? What about players in a virtual reality? (And, as the character immediately asks them, are they "real" "players" or constructs of "the game"?).
The story posits the complex truth that when multiple players are involved, it is difficult to predict all the complex motions of relationships and chance to predict who is more important to the future. Skipping back and forth in time from a thousand years ago to 500 years ago to 50 years ago to 400 years in the future, the narrative asks us to consider the alliances of East, West, nation states, humanity, science, religion, humans versus the ecosystem versus an alien civilization... and, like the metaphor of the three body problem in physics, illustrates that it is harder and harder to even pick sides as all these forces as well as individual lives interact in ways that cannot be predicted.
If one of us survives, we all survive... What does this mean? Are we loyal to our own species, or our close friends and lovers, or our nation?
Meanwhile, we have the recurrent theme of fairy tales. A book of Fairy Tales given from the unrequited love to her pining friend, who ends up purchasing her a star and then is himself launched as nothing more than a sleeping consciousness into the stars...
C'mon, folks. YOU can't write this stuff! I love this series and hopefully will finally read the books. Blown away.
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For the bugs 🍻
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The Chinese tv-series is actually closer to the books, and better. For example, making the universe “blink” visibly to everyone is new to the US copy, and opens it up to the question why the populace is not in panic sooner.
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14:32 - The show is setting you up for despair in the second season by making you think this.
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The San-Ti seem to have their own version of deception - illusions.
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Normally I love The Take. I've watched all of their videos, but every so often they crank out an uninformed puff piece of a video essay and all I can do is wonder why. This is one of those videos. It's like they had an essay due the next morning and they just read reviews and watched trailers then typed this up at 2am.
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I felt there were some confusing plot holes in this show, can anyone correct me? 1. Why slice the ship up when they had no way to ensure the drive wouldn't also be destroyed? 2. Why can't the San Ti understand stories, metaphors, and lies when they have created a fake game with made up characters to use as a metaphor to explain themselves to humans? 3. What good is Will to the humans even if he's reconstructed by the San Ti? I thought they concluded it was pointless to send a human because they'd never be able to communicate what they saw aboard the ship.
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I came away with multiple symbols from the show but I think the most powerful for me was the cycle of birth, prosperity and death. Civilizations rise, have their time to prosper in the sun and over time begin to breakdown until they collapse. From the ashes a new society can begin and flourish, the cyclical nature of the rise and fall of civilization is beautifully shown with the three body concept.
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I JUST FINISHED THE BOOKS AND SERIES!!! Thank you for video
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Interesting to see 3 viewed as a problem. Usually 3 is viewed as stability. A tricycle. A stool. A tripod. A rope needs 3 chords minimum to be strong. Even the Christian trinity is viewed as the opposite of chaos. In science 3 events are needed to form a pattern.
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The Three Body Problem has been like a roller coaster ride. I have really enjoyed. Its like most Sci-Fi Fiction to me, one of many possible time lines that humanity might find themselves experiencing in the near or far future.
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What a great time to be a Scifi fan. We have great series and movies available: For Mankind, Invasion, The Foundation, The Expanse, Dune and Dune 2 and now 3 Body Problem. Great. 💞✌😊👍
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They don’t understand deception and lies but can create illusions that deceives and lies to our senses?
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This video gets so much wrong 1) there is no solution to the 3 body problem, its unsolvable thats why they are escaping thats why they must leave its a problem with no solution 2) they arent seeking human help. The VR was just a test and to gather knowledge about humans... Man this video got it all wrong
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14:24 Are you sure you read the books? Because, if that's your take on the wall facers, its very clear you haven't read the books.
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