Why do three-body physicists die?

Because scientists find that human civilization is a joke.

The first part of Three-body can be understood as a story of reasoning, doubt and puzzle solving. But its theme is about science fiction, which is a scientific literary imagination and needs to be rooted in science. The cause of the whole story is that a large number of top scientists in the world committed "bizarre" suicides.

Then, with the help of the maharaja, the protagonist Wang Miao solved the mystery step by step. In short, the smartest physicist in human beings found through experiments that everything that human beings take for granted and are proud of is a joke.

We are all just two-dimensional intelligent creatures on the target, turkeys on the farm. The reason why our life seems to be "orderly" is actually the illusion caused by the intentional or unintentional actions of sharpshooters and farmers.

How to evaluate "Three-body";

Compared with "Three-body", treating it as a narrative and aesthetics that combines domestic realistic themes and suspense dramas is actually a positive response to the aforementioned "sense of historical future", so it is not only more layered in narrative, but also more original in visual quality than "Cyberpunk City" in the animation of "Three-body".

From this point of view, at least from the film and television of "Three-body" IP, the fantasy aesthetics of reality sinking and starting again will be more reliable than directly flying imagination. This drama appeals to those elements that have rich practice in domestic film and television dramas in recent years, so it is less "disobedient" than "Fantasy" in the animation of "Three-body".