re: 3 Body Problem - Netflix

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Second. I don’t think I understand the headset VR “games”. At first I thought it was the aliens tasking the humans to solve a problem they couldn’t inside a game scenario. Are the just for communication or do they have a larger purpose i’m just not seeing.

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vr headsets were tech trisolaris shared with a faction of humans that supported the aliens as overlords basically.
in the books the vr sets were more to help recruit - more like screening for 'like-minded' folks, and for some communication purposes. a good vehicle to understand the depth of the problem trisolaris faces.

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So the wallfacer stuff. They have to come up individually with a way to fight the aliens but never talk about or act on it until it’s time to put it in action? How does that work? What if something needs to be constructed? Someone explain this to me.

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they are basically little dictators appointed by an international body that don't have to explain anything they are doing unless its excessively resource consuming without directly contributing to progress of the mainstream defense plans. they are allowed (and enabled/supported) to do pretty much anything that isn't a war crime or crime against humanity. A wallfacers plan needs to be a secret.
if something needs constructed, good. its part of the wallfacer's plan. even if it seems like nonsense, resources are mobilized to achieve the wallfacers request.