Gert #Scobel liefert eine überaus schlaue Übersicht über philosophische Diskurse rund um #Dune:

Die Philosophie von "Dune"

https://youtu.be/V9-OsQohmN0

Seine Ausführungen zu den Bezügen in Herberts Roman zu KI dürften auch viele interessieren! @mspro

Die Philosophie von "Dune" | Gert Scobel

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Irre faszinierend und in den Filmen nie erklärt: Nach dem Aufstand gegen die Computer mussten die Menschen deren Aufgaben übernehmen und sich darum *weiterentwickeln*. Das brachte verschiedene Spezialistenschulen hervor. Die Raumfahrergilde nutzt Spice als *Droge*, nicht etwa als Antrieb, um in einem transzendenten Zustand gefahrlose Weltraumrouten planen zu können.

Was ist die #Raumfahrergilde in #Dune? Was Dune 2 euch vorenthalten hat

https://youtu.be/rpp3-Z5VWEA

Was ist die Raumfahrergilde in DUNE? Was DUNE 2 euch vorenthalten hat!

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The Sisterhood faces a powerful foe in Dune: Prophecy trailer

“I see the corruption in your heart the same way I see the blood trailing your every step.”…

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»Frank went on to tell me that much of the premise of #Dune — the magic #spice (spores) that allowed the bending of space (tripping), the giant worms (maggots digesting mushrooms), the eyes of the Freman (the cerulean blue of Psilocybe mushrooms), the mysticism of the female spiritual warriors, the Bene Gesserits (influenced by tales of Maria Sabina and the sacred mushroom cults of Mexico) — came from his perception of the fungal life cycle, …

… and his imagination was stimulated through his experiences with the use of magic mushrooms."

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/73608/is-there-a-relation-between-the-spice-which-is-described-in-dune-to-the-real-dru

Is there a relation between the spice which is described in Dune to the real drug DMT?

DMT is a drug which expands consciousness. In the Dune books, there's a drug which is called Spice which also expands consciousness. The funny thing is that the street name of DMT is Spice, so I was

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@frumble

yeah, lots of artists do some drugs.

that's the gateway to imagination. They visit, they come back, they share their visions with us.

wait.

WE visit, we come back (luckily), and WE share our visions with YOU.