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- Can someone explain the sophons from Cixin Lius The Three . . . - Reddit
If a sophon was able to read any information that's been written down and hack any electronic device, the by far most obvious strategy to halt human progress would be to just let loose all the nukes Granted, doing so would make Earth a tad bit radioactive but to be brutally honest, a bit of "spicy air" is just a "minor inconvenience" compared
- How realistic is the whole sophon thing? [Spoilers] - Reddit
A 143, 1 (1990)] and violation of the second law of thermodynamics [Phys Rev Lett 63, 1114 (1989)], which are basically sophon's properties So in a fictional universe with nonlinear QM rather than our linear QM universe, a FTL messenger and second perpetuum mobile like sophon is actually possible
- Help me understand sophon abilities? (TBP Spoilers)
Because it has almost zero mass, the sophon can also travel at the speed of light, because the energy required for its acceleration is negligible Here on Earth it can interact with other particles, emitting light and interfering with reactions, as in particle accelerators, but its main use is the transmission of information at speeds
- Where did the term sophont originate? - Science Fiction Fantasy . . .
I recently finished Ken Liu's phenomenal English translation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem, and the term "sophon" to describe an AI constructed out of a sub-atomic particle reminded me of the term "sophont" from the Game Designer's Workshop's (GDW) space-operatic sci-fi game Traveller In the GDW-published campaign material "sophont
- Don’t overthink the sophons : r threebodyproblem - Reddit
There was a huge emphasis on the sophon reveal and I think the confused how responsible they were for things The 2 purposes your said are fine, that fits with what happens in the series But then there's things like the countdowns - making people see things is one thing, but they've also figured out effective psychological torture
- Several Shots of Netflixs Sophon : r threebodyproblem - Reddit
It makes sense though: because it’s an adaptation, they probably want to personify the sophon-based communication to make it easier to watch and understand, and having Sophon gives a way to do that while still being somewhat faithful to the source material
- Sophon plothole in the Nextflix adaptation (spoilers)
That’s about 36 meters distance to cover for a light speed, instantly turning Sophon And in 0 1 seconds it can do that 833,333 times Assuming a densely populated city, that’s easily 800,000 people at a time Let’s say the display lasts for one minute, one Sophon can show this to 1 billion urban population in about 20 hours in rolling
- Interview with Sea Shimooka (Sophon) - Translation in comments
You mentioned Sophon's voice, which is extremely important because it serves as humanity's main link to San-Ti How did you approach the vocal performance? SHIMOOKA: I had to do some intense vocal warm-ups from the diaphragm The whole team knew I was doing them because they heard me That's because my voice is about an octave higher
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