Dune - Plots and Plans - Extra Sci Fi - #2

On the surface, Dune appears to be a peak demonstration of "the competent man" trope so popular in Golden Age science fiction, but Herbert deconstructs this by carefully demonstrating how all of the characters make bad assumptions on faulty premises...
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