Well I've read a lot of impossible things in science fiction.

This bit from The Three Body Problem is, definitely, the Most Impossible. It's scary.

@starkatt Which bit? I'm curious. (I have read the book if you need to spoiler-tag it for others.)

The Three-Body Problem (book) 

@emanate the cosmic microwave background flickering out Morse code.

re: The Three-Body Problem (book) 

@starkatt Ah, yeah, that was kinda silly. :-P

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re: The Three-Body Problem (book) 

That said, I think they mention a thing like that and then /later/ give you an explanation that is... equally rediculous but sorta makes sense in the whole context of the story. :-}

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