In the novel "The Three-Body Problem", the Arrivalists are doomed to fail in the logic of civilization's survival:
① The Arrivalists argue that human civilization is beyond saving and must rely on the Trisolaran civilization for "purification", which essentially constitutes a total denial of human rationality, while demanding that the Trisolaran civilization must possess a rational judgment superior to that of humans — this blind trust in an alien civilization is itself irrational.
② The Trisolarans monitor Earth through the sophons but impose strict information control over the Arrivalists. Evans dies without knowing the true attitude of the Trisolaran civilization towards humanity, while Ye Wenjie realizes in her later years the truth that "the master does not care", suggesting that the Arrivalists have an idealized perception of the Trisolarans.
③ The dimensionality reduction strike from the dark forest theory fundamentally contradicts the Arrivalists' narrative of "civilizational redemption".
— "Give time to civilization, rather than give civilization to time." The continuation of civilization is never obtained through compromise, but forged in the conscious awareness of survival when facing darkness.