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The secretive and mysterious cult of the Bene Gesserit from Frank Herbert's Dune have a human breeding program as one of their prime goals (perhaps the prime goal). As a result, they've developed a definition of human that does not actually include all people. This odd belief is revealed early in the first novel of the series when Paul Atreides was tested with the Gom Jabbar. I can't recall it being mentioned much after that. There was mention of the Butlerian Jihad, where "thinking machines" were destroyed and declared anathema, and a trite metaphor about an animal in a trap. I feel like there's more.
I've read up through heretics, so spoilers aren't likely.
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The secretive and mysterious cult of the Bene Gesserit from Frank Herbert's Dune have a human breeding program as one of their prime goals (perhaps the prime goal). As a result, they've developed a definition of human that does not actually include all people. This odd belief is revealed early in the first novel of the series when Paul Atreides was tested with the Gom Jabbar. I can't recall it being mentioned much after that. There was mention of the Butlerian Jihad, where "thinking machines" were destroyed and declared anathema, and a trite metaphor about an animal in a trap. I feel like there's more.
I've read up through heretics, so spoilers aren't likely.
dune bene-gesserit being-human
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The secretive and mysterious cult of the Bene Gesserit from Frank Herbert's Dune have a human breeding program as one of their prime goals (perhaps the prime goal). As a result, they've developed a definition of human that does not actually include all people. This odd belief is revealed early in the first novel of the series when Paul Atreides was tested with the Gom Jabbar. I can't recall it being mentioned much after that. There was mention of the Butlerian Jihad, where "thinking machines" were destroyed and declared anathema, and a trite metaphor about an animal in a trap. I feel like there's more.
I've read up through heretics, so spoilers aren't likely.
dune bene-gesserit being-human
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The secretive and mysterious cult of the Bene Gesserit from Frank Herbert's Dune have a human breeding program as one of their prime goals (perhaps the prime goal). As a result, they've developed a definition of human that does not actually include all people. This odd belief is revealed early in the first novel of the series when Paul Atreides was tested with the Gom Jabbar. I can't recall it being mentioned much after that. There was mention of the Butlerian Jihad, where "thinking machines" were destroyed and declared anathema, and a trite metaphor about an animal in a trap. I feel like there's more.
I've read up through heretics, so spoilers aren't likely.
dune bene-gesserit being-human
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