The Three-Body Problem: Aliens, Science & Humanity at it’s Best/Worst | The Margins Podcast

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What happens when humanity learns we are not alone, and someone decides the aliens might be better at running things than we are?This week on The Margins Podcast, we dive into The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, the first novel in the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy and the story behind Netflix’s 3 Body Problem.We break down the book’s biggest ideas, characters, mysteries, and scientific concepts, from the Cultural Revolution and Ye Wenjie’s decisions to first contact, the Trisolarans, the chaotic three-body system, and humanity’s response to an approaching extraterrestrial civilization.We also get into the real science behind some of the novel’s ideas. How difficult is the actual three-body problem? What would first contact look like? How much of Liu Cixin’s science is grounded in reality? And what makes the novel’s view of humanity so unsettling?#ThreeBodyProblem #3BodyProblem #LiuCixin #ScienceFiction #SciFiBooks #BookPodcast #BookTube #BookDiscussion #Netflix #TheMarginsPodcast