Well I did say "they say". It's possible FH heard it and believed it, which wouldn't change the outcome: Dune is a work of fiction, so since prescience is (most likely) impossible anyways, the cause doesn't matter anyways.
The basic concept can still be used as an explanation, since various brain disorders do something similar... For example, autism literally rewires the brain so the various nerve-endings behave in different ways, causing those affected to have any variety of symptoms, including the oft-described-as-paranormal synaesthesia. Spice could do something similar.
Spice withdrawal
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SandRider
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Re: Spice withdrawal
I had a minor stroke a few years ago -
the only lasting effect is that I still smell apple blossoms
from time to time .... freaked me out for awhile until I
got used to it. When it happens now, I don't even
comment on it.
the only lasting effect is that I still smell apple blossoms
from time to time .... freaked me out for awhile until I
got used to it. When it happens now, I don't even
comment on it.
................ I exist only to amuse myself ................
I personally feel that this message board, Jacurutu, is full of hateful folks who don't know
how to fully interact with people. ~ "Spice Grandson" (Bryon Merrit) 08 June 2008
I personally feel that this message board, Jacurutu, is full of hateful folks who don't know
how to fully interact with people. ~ "Spice Grandson" (Bryon Merrit) 08 June 2008
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loremaster
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Re: Spice withdrawal
inhuien wrote:There are quite a few definitions and applications of the term Half Life and I think, if I may presume, that Loremaster is using it in it's biological context rather than the radioactive.
Bingo. A Half life is just that. The amount of time taken for the number of molecules of a substance to halve.
E.g. Half life of uranium - time taken for the radioactive Counts per minute to halve.
Half life of paracetamol in the body - several hours.
The HLP hasnt released Frank's notes yet, Brian hasn't got the handwriting quite right!
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TheDukester
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Re: Spice withdrawal
Half life of an original thought from TheKJA: .0048-second.
"Anything I write will be remembered and listed in bibliographies on Dune for several hundred years ..." — some delusional halfwit troll.
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SandRider
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Re: Spice withdrawal
TheDukester wrote:Half life of an original thought from TheKJA: .0048-second.
................ I exist only to amuse myself ................
I personally feel that this message board, Jacurutu, is full of hateful folks who don't know
how to fully interact with people. ~ "Spice Grandson" (Bryon Merrit) 08 June 2008
I personally feel that this message board, Jacurutu, is full of hateful folks who don't know
how to fully interact with people. ~ "Spice Grandson" (Bryon Merrit) 08 June 2008
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SadisticCynic
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Re: Spice withdrawal
SandRider wrote:TheDukester wrote:Half life of an original thought from TheKJA: .0048-second.
That's the best one yet.Ah English, the language where pretty much any word can have any meaning! - A Thing of Eternity
