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Re:Mentat Wiki: exploring ways to become a better thinker by dahdum on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @01:47PM (#24569820)
Paul foresaw the Golden Path, but I don't think that was until after the jihad in the second book. That's why he went off to the desert isn't it? He took the path and was trapped by it.
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Re:Mentat Wiki: exploring ways to become a better thinker by cgriswald on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @02:00PM (#24569961)
Still spoilers.

My interpretation is that Paul didn’t take the golden path. He felt trapped into taking it, but when twins were born, he was freed of that obligation because it opened up a future he hadn’t foreseen.

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Re:Mentat Wiki: exploring ways to become a better thinker by dahdum on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @02:36PM (#24570363)
I think you're right, he knew there was one but didn't peer into it for fear of being trapped by it. Seeing the future makes it absolute in Dune, hence Leto's bloodline development program with Siona.
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