Could this Butler be the inspiration for Dune’s Butlerian Jihad? I guess this is just coincidence Update: From the comments:: “The story mentions Asimov and

Could this Butler be the inspiration for Dune’s Butlerian Jihad? I guess this is just coincidence Update: From the comments:: “The story mentions Asimov and The Matrix, but overlooks the Dune saga, where the Butlerian Jihad - the revolt against thinking machines that shaped society as we know it from Frank Herbert's novels - likely took its name from the very Samuel Butler and his letter.”