"Understanding the Dark Forest Theory in '3 Body Problem'"
The Dark Forest theory, popularized by Cixin Liu's "3 Body Problem" and now a Netflix adaptation, suggests that alien civilizations hide to avoid detection by potentially hostile neighbors. While it offers a chilling solution to the Fermi Paradox, experts argue it's unlikely all extraterrestrial intelligences would uniformly choose to hide. The vastness of space and the diversity of potential alien behaviors make the theory less compelling, though it remains a thought-provoking possibility.