'3 Body Problem' ending: What does Dr Ye Wenjie's 'joke' about God really mean?

 

 

"One of the biggest cliffhangers David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo's sci-fi epic leaves us on is actually a two-parter: What was the real meaning behind the "joke" told by Dr Ye Wenjie (Rosalind Chao) to Saul Durand (Jovan Adepo) on the park bench in Episode 7? And in what way could it help with Saul being made a "wallfacer" in the finale, on"e of three people tasked with plotting their own secret, internal scheme to best the approaching aliens?

'3 Body Problem' ending: What does Dr Ye Wenjie's 'joke' about God really mean? | Mashable