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Neil deGrasse Tyson Complains That “Dune 2” Isn’t a Shining Beacon of Scientific Accuracy (futurism.com)

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[–] ebc@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In the book (and in the first movie) they specifically talk about "drum sand", in the book it's explained that it is a specific condition of the sand bed due to wind or something. Maybe Neil missed that?

I get his point about worm movement, though.

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I assume the worms move with something akin to jet propulsion. They suck sand in the front continuously and it travels all the way through them and out the back.