Dark Forest Theory is a concept from the science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" by

黑暗森林理論是劉慈欣科幻小說《三體》中的一個概念

Liu Cixin, which offers a grim explanation for the Fermi Paradox—the question of why

，它為費米悖論──為什麼

we haven't detected signs of alien civilizations.

我們沒有發現外星文明的跡象──提供了一個嚴峻的解釋。

It suggests that the universe is like a dark forest where civilizations are hidden predators,

它顯示宇宙就像一個黑暗的森林，文明是隱藏的掠食者，

silently hunting.

默默地狩獵。

Due to the vast distances and unknowns in space, civilizations view any other life form

由於太空距離遙遠且未知，文明將任何其他生命形式視為

as a potential threat.

潛在威脅。

The safest strategy is to preemptively destroy other life forms before they can do the same.

最安全的策略是在其他生命形式做出同樣的事情之前先發制人地消滅它們。

Consequently, civilizations stay silent and hidden to survive, avoiding any form of interstellar

因此，文明保持沉默和隱藏以求生存，避免任何形式的星際

communication or revealing their location, thus explaining the silence of the cosmos.

通訊或暴露自己的位置，從而解釋了宇宙的沉默。

This theory presents a bleak view of the universe as a place of survival-driven secrecy and

這個理論提出了一種悲觀的觀點，即宇宙是一個以生存為導向的秘密和

isolation and renders the cosmos as an infinitely vast, cold, and lonely place, where each civilization,

孤立之地，並將宇宙描繪成一個無限廣闊、寒冷和孤獨的地方，每個文明都

isolated by the immeasurable gulfs of space and fear, exists in its own silent bubble,

被無邊無際的空間和恐懼所孤立，存在於其中。它自己的沉默泡沫，

forever speculating about the presence of others.

永遠猜測著其他人的存在。