From cf4d93182ced49ce005068522ed29c68d0f1fe60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boris Mann Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:26:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] df --- _notes/Dark Forest.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_notes/Dark Forest.md b/_notes/Dark Forest.md index f817f83..2d72b4f 100644 --- a/_notes/Dark Forest.md +++ b/_notes/Dark Forest.md @@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ Confusingly, Dark Forest by itself can be argued in both directions -- that Dark The concept was recently popularized by the sci-fi book, [Dark forest hypothesis (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_forest_hypothesis): -> The **dark forest hypothesis** is the conjecture that many alien civilizations exist throughout the universe, but they are both silent and hostile, maintaining their undetectability for fear of being destroyed by another hostile and undetected civilization. It is one of many possible explanations of the [Fermi paradox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox "Fermi paradox"), which contrasts the lack of contact with alien life with the potential for such contact. The hypothesis derives its name from [Liu Cixin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Cixin "Liu Cixin")'s 2008 novel _[The Dark Forest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Forest "The Dark Forest")_,[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_forest_hypothesis#cite_note-YuCJBIS2015-2) although the concept predates the novel. +> The **dark forest hypothesis** is the conjecture that many alien civilizations exist throughout the universe, but they are both silent and hostile, maintaining their undetectability for fear of being destroyed by another hostile and undetected civilization. It is one of many possible explanations of the [Fermi paradox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox "Fermi paradox"), which contrasts the lack of contact with alien life with the potential for such contact. The hypothesis derives its name from [Liu Cixin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Cixin "Liu Cixin")'s 2008 novel _[The Dark Forest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Forest "The Dark Forest")_, although the concept predates the novel. -- 2.51.2