• Nacktmull@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Did that guy even read the books? Sounds very much like he did not. I will explain on the example of foundation, naturally this contains severe spoilers:

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    In the foundation saga, the interdisciplinary science of psycho-history developed by Seldon is much more than just a new kind of math. It´s actually a complex combination of three sciences, which are history, (mass) psychology and mathematics. However later, when the second foundations existence is revealed it turns out that additionally the solution was also reliant on telepathy and in general mentalism. Later it is then revealed that a major part of the solution has been benevolent robots, secretly protecting humanity from the shadows. Considering all this I say this guy has obviously no idea what he is talking about.

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      1 year ago

      Also, Dune is not about salvation. It’s about a horrible monarchic system being overthrown and replaced with a horrible monarchic system because drugs let some kid see the future.

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        I always read it as like, radical Islamic Star wars.

        You have the whole rebellion and the chosen one and the mystical powers and everything but instead of it being a blonde haired blue-eyed white boy it’s a dark haired man incorporated into a desert tribe

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        1 year ago

        Seriously? I always thought jokes were supposed to be … you know … funny?!