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² The fictional "Butlerian Jihad" was first mentioned in 1963 – in the serialized version of what later became Frank Herbert's novel Dune (1965) – one hundred years after a realworld 1863 letter to the editor, entitled "Darwin among the Machines",³ was written by Samuel Butler; its namesake.
![On a black background, text reads "9:59 am" followed by 4 rectangular shaped with rounded corners, the 1st dark grey and the others blue. Text in each of the 4 shapes reads as follows:
– 1st –
«So you understand how
Quantum computers work?»
– 2nd –
«I mean, yes.*
* Subject to the uncertainty
principle»
– 3rd –
«There are various models for "why" they work... And as long as the "how" of it doesn't venture too far into that field... [Aside: "It may generally be believed—but without intending to be bound by theory—that..."] It should be ok.»
– 4th –
«You got something "supercool" you're working on over there?»
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![On a blue curtain background, off-white "comic sans"-like text reads:
and neither is hasbro anymore
they fell off the list in 2023
BUT THEY WERE
[Two fingertips are visible in the bottom right.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dvxcpnwm56ysmooqtwgjj3rp/bafkreigudwmr6ix4rypkzibkrcweawoyntlnopr67wwamlmad4h6wrto2m)
