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Re:“Dune” (The Movie), Annotated by moffkalast on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @09:11AM (#29012840)
> An essential fact of the Dune universe — but one that goes unmentioned in the movie — is that there are no computers. Around 10,000 years before the events of Dune, a mass galactic revolt — the Butlerian Jihad — against “thinking machines” ended in a new commandment, adopted by the universe’s many religious sects: “Man may not be replaced.”

That part is very interesting, I wonder why it wasn't ever mentioned. It explains SO MANY things.

Re:“Dune” (The Movie), Annotated by Scarblac on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @11:03AM (#29014237)
As far as I recall, it was never explained in the book either. At some point it clicked, but I don't think it was in the first book. Maybe it was explained in the glossary that people mention here, but my books didn't have one.