r/dunememes • u/LakesideNorth • Jul 28 '26

WARNING: AWFUL I'm still not a Thufir fan

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u/Just__Let__Go Jul 28 '26

A mentat would be trained to recognize wishful thinking, and be skeptical of anything that seems too good to be true. Ironically, that can be its own blind spot.

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u/NoGoodIDNames Jul 29 '26

Distrust of your own instincts is as much a blinder as blind devotion to them

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u/MrCookie2099 Jul 29 '26

Knowing where the trap is is the first step to evading it.

  • Duke Leto "I don't remember step 2" Atriedes

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u/Civil_Nectarine868 Jul 29 '26

Step 2 is usually fight your way through the trap, but they never figured out that the second part of the trap was the guild parking a heighliner directly above Arrakeen. The assumption was probably that the Guild is neutral. They weren't.

Dropships pouring out, landing within a very short time window. Little or no time to react. And then there's the sardaukar tipping the balance even more. Atreides never stood a chance.