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Den-42 t1_j26h9jz wrote

Reply to comment by NexusSix29 in The 1984 Dune film makes a lot more sense if The Spice is referred to as Space Cocaine instead. by neoengel

I don't understand, why do you say fold space time? I'm pretty sure that the engine of the ship does that

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NexusSix29 t1_j26ir6z wrote

Technically correct, yes. But without the spice, the Navigators wouldn’t be able to plot the jump, so you’d just be shooting blindly into space. I suppose I should have said the LSD allows you to see through time and space and make impossible mathematical calculations that mean you can safely fold time and space but that seemed like so many more words.

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Rezart_KLD t1_j26jush wrote

Wanting to use less words and not over explain things? Obviously someone's not on enough cocaine

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NexusSix29 t1_j26onde wrote

At least the joke wasn’t completely lost lol

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Dusty170 t1_j286045 wrote

Really sounds like a problem that could be solved by a computer, shame they outlawed them.

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Den-42 t1_j26ke1f wrote

Yeah it's a long explanation, but in my opinion the first one is misleading. Cause the spice doesn't give you super powers it changes your body making you smarter to the point where you can see patterns you normally wouldn't and predict the future. That's why i think saying it is a drug describes effectively what it is

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NexusSix29 t1_j26olmj wrote

Still nothing close to cocaine.

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Den-42 t1_j271b1h wrote

Of course Cocaine kills your brain, completely different

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