The derivation of the law of the dark forest is based on two fundamental axioms of the Sociology of the Universe.

1. Survival is the first need of civilization.

2. Civilization is constantly growing and expanding, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains basically the same.

The above two points, to some extent, are correct, but it is ridiculous to deduce the "law of the dark forest" based on these two points alone.

"At present, the universe has 300 billion known galaxies, and the number of stars contained in each galaxy ranges from hundreds of millions to tens of trillions. ”

"The universe is big, life is bigger!"

Dr. Heng said: "Put a monocyte in a large sea, if this cell divides every half an hour, then in three days, the whole sea will be filled with this kind of cell! Exponential growth, it is a demon, in front of this demon, no matter how sufficient resources are, it will not be able to meet the needs of this demon!"

"This algorithm is correct, but the reality is: even if this cell is given three months, it and its offspring cannot fill the entire ocean, and the existence of other variables will have a huge impact on this theoretical model, and no matter what species it is, the increase in population will smooth from an exponential curve to a smooth end under the premise that the living space cannot synchronize with the exponential increase...... There is no civilization that can grow and expand indefinitely. ”

"But it's always going to expand, isn't it? This civilization wants to expand, that civilization wants to expand, the total amount of resources is the same, and they all have to expand, so won't there be conflicts?"

"The possibility of conflict exists, but there is a premise, only when the two civilizations have expanded to the maximum boundary and can no longer expand, it is possible to break out into war, and there are very few intelligent civilizations in the galaxy, the distance between each intelligent civilization is very empty, there are a large number of material buffers and borderless lands, these ownerless resources, before they are fully developed, it is unlikely that two civilizations will go to war for the ownerless resources, according to the first-come, first-served principle, they will increase their development efforts. ”

"And in history, there has never been such a war - a country, having not yet conquered the nearby wilderness, has traveled thousands of miles to occupy another country. ”

Yun Xinghe said: "Moreover, war has the logic of war, two civilizations that have never known each other, just because they are close, or discover each other's existence, they want to let each other destroy and perish, or die together, this kind of thing, almost never happened in history, war is not necessarily equal to destruction, war may also be conquest, integration, and unification...... Even if all the intelligent lives of the opposing civilization are turned into slaves, it is unlikely that they will all be slaughtered. ”

"Of course, it cannot be completely denied that in the history of some civilizations, there have been many massacres, which is caused by the gap between the strong and the weak, or it may be caused by the large difference in the generation of weapons, and the gap in military strength is too great, which will indeed lead to the complete demise of the weaker side. ”

"But if both sides have the same level of technology and have a shotgun with similar attack power, slaughter is a stupid act, which will only provoke stronger resistance, and will only bring more heavy losses to themselves and themselves. ”

"You admit that there was a massacre, isn't that the embodiment of the law of the Dark Forest?

Dr. Heng said, this law, Yun Xinghe himself has proved its correct side, how can it be wrong?

Yun Xinghe shook his head:

The mistake is that this law is too narrow, it crudely compares the competition between civilizations to a zero-sum game of life and death, in fact, the solution to the conflict is not only war, and the role of diplomacy must not be ignored! If a civilization does not have a perfect diplomatic system, it will be difficult for this civilization to get out of the cradle, even if it enters the interstellar age, this extreme civilization will either die out in the war, or it will become the ultimate victor in the war, and all civilizations will be conquered and wiped out by it. ”

"The law of the dark forest, in fact, is to completely erase the diplomatic attributes of civilization, choose not to trust, not accept, and not to contact everything around them, and arbitrarily regard different civilizations in the universe as different players in a killing game, except for killing each other, there is no other ......"

"In fact, if all civilizations follow the so-called law of the dark forest, the future of this universe, this galaxy, will be unimaginable. ”

But......

After explaining so much, Dr. Heng still shook his head:

"Don't trust any civilization, and don't associate with other civilizations! The law of the dark forest tells us that every civilization has bad intentions and must be vigilant. ”

"Did you come here with good intentions?"

Dr. Heng asked.

The clouds and rivers choked.

This......

Stubborn to this extent, how can you continue to communicate?

This Dr. Heng has been completely brainwashed by the so-called "Law of the Dark Forest".

"Old man, do you still know how that wise captain used to defeat the 'Law of the Dark Forest'?

"That captain seems to have proposed three positive laws, namely the law of war, the law of competition, and what other law, yes, the law of morality! These three laws are the sharp sword that pierces the law of the dark forest...... I don't know exactly what these three laws are, but you can come up with a paradox, a paradox that he can't answer and that immediately shakes up. ”

"What paradox?" Yun Xinghe hurriedly asked.

"Since there is only destruction among civilizations, then so far, why haven't the Three-Eyed People destroyed the Ear Qi Star, and the Blue Star Federation, why hasn't the Three-Eyed People been destroyed immediately?"

"That's right!"

Yun Xinghe's eyes lit up, and he immediately repeated this question to Dr. Heng: "Since you know the existence of the law of the Dark Forest, why didn't you kill all the Erqi Xingren?

"Because the Erqi people have become our slaves, and there is no threat to slaves. ”

Dr. Heng thought for a while, looked at Yun Xinghe again, and said, "As for you not destroying us, it is because ...... You also want to enslave us!"

"Okay, if we were enslaving you, and after all of you were enslaved, would you think we would destroy you?"

"Probably not...... We still have value. ”

In the same way, if the higher civilizations also have the technology and strength to enslave other civilizations, and those low-level civilizations have a certain use value and can become slaves without threat, do you say, these advanced civilizations will travel thousands of miles to destroy the slaves in their eyes?"

"This ......"

Click.

In Dr. Heng's heart, something unusually strong cracked, creating a slight crack.

Then, the crack expanded, spread, and with a bang, this solid thing turned into a piece of shards.

"Yes, since they have a high civilization and highly developed technology, how can they travel thousands of miles to exterminate those slaves who pose no threat? The weak are always afraid of the strong, but what is in the mind of the strong, how can the weak know?"

After all, an elephant would value a cheetah, but how could it care about the ants at its feet?

The biggest flaw of the law of the dark forest is that all civilizations are compared to "hunters" with guns, and all civilizations are put on the same level, which is actually very inappropriate, in fact, it should be compared to lions, tigers, eagles, wolves, rabbits, sheep, snakes, rats, and ants - this is actually more appropriate.

As for the stars, planets and other resources in the universe, they are like grasslands and forests in nature, which are the stage for these animals to grow, reproduce, compete and play.

The law of the jungle is eternal, but there will not be a lion that will kill all the animals in the forest, and there will not be an elephant who will travel thousands of miles to trample on an ant's nest.

Therefore, the reason why the pace of a civilization is limited is never technological backwardness, but narrow-mindedness.

"It's not terrible for an ant to know that he is weak, but the terrible thing is that an ant's vision is always as wide as its own eyes...... No civilization, no matter how weak it is, if it does not have the vision as wide as an elephant and the mind as big as an elephant, it will never grow to the level of an elephant!"

In Yun Xinghe's mind, he suddenly remembered what the teacher of "Cosmic Diplomacy" said.