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The goal of government, you see,’ and the Arch Lector prodded at the air with his bony forefinger, ‘is to load the unhappiness onto those least able to make you suffer for it.’
“Maybe he thinks you’re an agent of deep state oppression. We’re dealing with an old guy with a ponytail here.”
― Past Tense
― Past Tense
“The mind imposes this framework which it calls ‘reality’. That arbitrary framework has a tendency to be quite independent of what your senses report.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“There are no facts—only observational postulates in an endlessly regenerative hodgepodge of predictions. Consensus reality requires a fixed frame of reference. In a multi-level, infinite universe, there can be no fixity; thus, no absolute consensus reality. In a relativistic universe, it appears impossible to test the reliability of any expert by requiring him to agree with another expert. Both can be correct, each in his own inertial system. Bene Gesserit Azhar Book”
― Dune: House Corrino
― Dune: House Corrino
“Here’s to bloody wars and dread diseases,”
― Persuader
― Persuader
“The working Planetologist has access to many resources, data, and projections. However, his most important tools are human beings. Only by cultivating ecological literacy among the people themselves can he save an entire planet. Pardot Kynes, The Case for Bela Tegeuse”
― House Atreides
― House Atreides
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