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Rough_Dan t1_j27t3ek wrote

Reply to comment by Tanagrabelle in The 1984 Dune film makes a lot more sense if The Spice is referred to as Space Cocaine instead. by neoengel

All thinking machines were outlawed, not just AI, even calculators are forbidden, hence the need for mentats

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Tanagrabelle t1_j27ymtn wrote

Ah, that's right! Leto II got away with quite a lot, didn't he, with his thought-dictation. And they really trapped themselves with that overabundance of restrictions. Or rather, they trapped everyone else.

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