The Master Races of the Universe | Three Body Problem Series

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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 Рік тому

Subscribe to my new streaming channel for weekly reviews of the current Three Body Problem TV adaptation! ukposts.info/have/v-deo/r5-nqYSojm-jz2Q.html

@kabascoolr Рік тому

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

@ShirleyTimple Рік тому

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

@taylormademyself89 Рік тому

Another great video like always 😎🤟

@N3ur0m4nc3r Рік тому

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 Рік тому

So, our solar system is low entropy?

@2013Arcturus Рік тому

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 Рік тому

But you have several hobbies? 🤔

@2013Arcturus Рік тому

@@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 Рік тому

@@2013Arcturus Neat!

@shadbird8772 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

I had never noticed that! Great catch!

@ShirleyTimple Рік тому

@@M-D-K UKposts won't allow links😞

@M-D-K Рік тому

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

@jalllaaavg Рік тому

@@M-D-K deconstruct the link

@M-D-K Рік тому

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

@lombardo141 Рік тому

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 11 місяців тому

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

@ligma6992 10 місяців тому

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

@yadediuburekyolu8481 9 місяців тому

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

@ligma6992 9 місяців тому

@@yadediuburekyolu8481 cope

@xraselver7634 8 місяців тому

@@ligma6992 Is that meant as a joke?

@fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName Рік тому

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 8 місяців тому

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 5 місяців тому

@@thunderbear82 I strongly disagree

@thunderbear82 5 місяців тому

@@TyranasauruzFlex6669 What specifically do you disagree with?

@TyranasauruzFlex6669 5 місяців тому

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

@thunderbear82 5 місяців тому

@@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.

@tdclemensen Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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

@x3tc1 Рік тому

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

@TRYCLOPS1 Рік тому

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

@Fridaey13txhOktober Рік тому

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

@clarkthompson8094 Рік тому

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

@Prototheria Рік тому

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 Рік тому

I would pay an unreasonable amount for this. PLEASE!

@EdMcStinko Рік тому

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

@connorp5142 Рік тому

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

@armybrat101 Рік тому

Bruh the whole series is on yt right now.

@Easyfilm84 Рік тому

SAME

@IAmNumber4000 Рік тому

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

@mattmaas5790 Місяць тому

Swag

@jamrollz Місяць тому

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 Місяць тому

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

@OnlyAFoolsHope Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

@ariffothman6195 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

@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.

@xenopelta240 Рік тому

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 8 місяців тому

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 6 місяців тому

@@johnharvey5412that explanation is so neat

@tomasfontes3616 5 місяців тому

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

@MrGovannan 3 місяці тому

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 Місяць тому

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

@icarus313 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

Lê Xuân Huyền đã trả lời tài khoản này

@nurlindafsihotang49 3 місяці тому

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

@junolynch1263 Рік тому

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

@joeytodd795 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

No you weirdo

@natethebass-man2869 Рік тому

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

@mikcurius3779 Місяць тому

3 body problem series is extreme fiction and nonsense

@mikedonald2018 Місяць тому

@@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 Місяць тому

go and watch a marvel film then.@@mikcurius3779

@neo7759 Місяць тому

@@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 22 дні тому

@@mikcurius3779 I thought it was an autobiography!?

@JetFalco Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 3 місяці тому

And terrifying😢

@ronaldpadgett2580 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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

@ronaldpadgett2580 6 місяців тому

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

@jennifervan75 Рік тому

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

@GodWorksOut Рік тому

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 Рік тому

Show ? What show ?

@connycontainer9459 Рік тому

Nevermind. Found it on YT.

@herzji Рік тому

Amen to this. Quinn is amazing

@J-Loe Рік тому

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

@empresagabriel Рік тому

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

@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1 Рік тому

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 3 місяці тому

Funny enough, this quote are well imbedded in law enforcements

@IshbelMcL Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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

@mythicdawn9574 Рік тому

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

@Gianfranco_69 Рік тому

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

@nurlindafsihotang49 3 місяці тому

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

@listen2me00 Рік тому

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

@simonfarre4907 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

where did you listen !

@listen2me00 Рік тому

@@versaii5519 YT. Shh

@dadrising6464 Рік тому

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

@chronoflect Рік тому

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.

@HomoSapienMan Рік тому

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 UKposts. But your channel is doing it justice. 47 minutes! I'm Excited

@EllissDee4you4me Місяць тому

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.

@ApolloVR6 Рік тому

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

@lemokemo5752 10 місяців тому

Yes, Quinn wrote it

@ApolloVR6 10 місяців тому

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

@justamurse5646 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

f this bugs xD

@johns1625 Рік тому

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

@KILROY94 Рік тому

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.

@user-cb9mf2hq3p Рік тому

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

@nicolasdelatorre7382 Рік тому

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

@iExploder Рік тому

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

@tekkamanspade8709 Рік тому

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

@GrantE90 Рік тому

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

@ennui9745 Рік тому

@@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 Рік тому

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.

@TheBrazilianHue Рік тому

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.

@wappy3532 Рік тому

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

@adventurefaps9571 Рік тому

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

@mystea840 Рік тому

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

@LilBearZen Рік тому

I usually listen to UKposts 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 Рік тому

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

@casey4415 Рік тому

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 👏

@spacebees86 8 місяців тому

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 3 місяці тому

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 3 місяці тому

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

@neo7759 Місяць тому

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

@tedgunther9557 Рік тому

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.

@TheSH1N1GAM1 Рік тому

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

@ShirleyTimple Рік тому

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

@thowle Рік тому

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

@thegozerian2593 Рік тому

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

@Mewobiba Рік тому

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!

@HellCatt0770 Рік тому

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 🙏

@wearandtear6692 Рік тому

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

@mxm23adregalusandmore62 Рік тому

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

@danieltallon4316 Рік тому

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

@holyroads Рік тому

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!!

@BigManJapan298 Рік тому

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

@Fletch249 Рік тому

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 💖

@drgirlfriend211 Рік тому

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!!!)

@birbdad1842 Рік тому

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

@TyLarson Рік тому

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.

@dannydevito5729 Місяць тому

Branes lol

@PHOBOS1708 Рік тому

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

@mrmeyerhofer Рік тому

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

@tektoastium7241 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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

@tektoastium7241 Рік тому

@@aggonzalezdc I mean of the human race.

@stevenelliott5425 5 місяців тому

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

@ShirleyTimple Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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!

@bigroxxor420 Рік тому

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!!!!

@noeditbookreviews Рік тому

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

@Yumi-qf4ur Рік тому

I just want to thank you, your work doesn’t go unnoticed you are awesome

@TwobitRules Рік тому

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

@chadknight3183 Рік тому

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

@bugnar7 Рік тому

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!

@robertopang4240 Рік тому

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.

@zit1999 Рік тому

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

@hlarjay7503 Рік тому

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

@Randleray Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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

@Randleray Рік тому

@@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.

@CollectorsFix Рік тому

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

@maybetall Рік тому

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!

@shakenbacon-vm4eu Рік тому

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

@weekendjail1417 Рік тому

I just found your Channel somehow through the UKposts 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. ❤

@jakehagelstein2709 Рік тому

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 Рік тому

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

@Dogedalfthegrey Рік тому

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!

@bonmarche7312 Рік тому

These videos mean a lot to me man, please keep it up

@kevinlasher2812 Рік тому

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

@sniperbasic2563 Рік тому

This series is my absolute favourite

@johnanon658 Рік тому

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

@dreamlaunchlab9673 Місяць тому

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.

@crablord7934 Рік тому

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.

@cavok84 Рік тому

Quinn, have you read the Xeelee Sequence? They are phenomenal, if not a bit different from your typical works of literature. Baxter is in a league of his own when it comes to immersing you in alien environments, highly abstract concepts, cosmological scales, and truly alien-aliens, however, he's not very focused on character development and the dialogue is a bit clunky. Still, they remain my favorite science fiction.

@cptwhite Рік тому

I started my sci-fi literature adventure with Raft, Timelike Infinity and Ring. The writing and characterisation isn't great, but the ideas are/were superb.

@cavok84 Рік тому

@@cptwhite agreed. And in spite of the average writing and bland characters, these books became some of the only books I will re-read again and again. I absolutely love the story and the imagery, it's just that Baxter writes dialogue in a very blocky and inorganic way. I think it's the conceptual side of his stories that hooked me. As far as good science fiction goes, I'd have to give it up to (in no particular order) Old Man's War, Hyperion 1 &2, The Forever War, and Ender's game... Three body problem was awesome, but I think I enjoyed Hyperion and the others I listed more. Have you read Coalescent, Exultant, and Transcendent? These are contained within the Xeelee-verse and are some of my favorites (I liked them much better than Ring).

@wildcardbitchesyeehaw8320 7 місяців тому

I'm not usually a fan of time travel stories because most authors never get it right, but because Baxter is one of the few who actually explores it through the idea that speed of light in vacuum is fundamentally tied to causality in a universe where special relativity holds true, the time travel stuff just feels natural

@markagrippa4018 Рік тому

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

@billl2903 Рік тому

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.

@derekstaff Рік тому

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 8 місяців тому

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.

@MichelleHell Рік тому

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

@Ariakas22 Рік тому

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

@geckoguy4141 Рік тому

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 Місяць тому

Scorn rhymes with Corn 🌽

@FallenSkater1940 Рік тому

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!

@wildmanz8233 Рік тому

I'm impressed by the quality and content of these great videos ! 👏

@bcoalwriter8337 Рік тому

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

@carlosrincon6017 Рік тому

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. 🏆

@ardentdfender4116 Місяць тому

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.

@Ragzbot Рік тому

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. 😉

@LIF3nOOb Рік тому

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.