They can't keep on the same subject because they're nerds who want to talk about everything.
"So, android brains aren't that different from human brains - neurons firing and sending signals about what you see and hear, it's just transfer of data. Blockers already exist in this world, antagonists that keep your brain from receiving signals, so micromachines are just a more complicated version of that. It's definitely possible to screw with signals and make you see something that isn't there."
"So, if theoretically someone had hacked past Togusa to see that symbol everywhere, then you might see that symbol everywhere. Or, if past Togusa just stressed himself out enough over the case, he might see it everywhere without outside interference." Shuji considers whether to chide Togusa for working too hard, and decides against it.
"If the Laughing Man is the boy in the wheelchair - hiding from society with a disability and putting the hint to it in the Catcher in the Rye quote - then it's completely feasible that he might replace his own face in your perception with the logo - the Laughing Man story has a major theme of masks. Or, it's possible Togusa was hazy those details because he'd associated the Laughing Man with the logo for so long and obsessed over it hard enough that the logo was clearer to him and more important."
"If he kidnapped the micromachine company owner, he would have access to micromachines. He could have used those to monitor past Togusa's partner. If you're monitoring the person who's trying to solve your criminal case, you're much less likely to get caught."
"Salinger's work, especially Catcher in the Rye, has a pretty strong theme of going against society or authority. I don't know how correlated a micromachine company would have been with either of those...?"
Here Shuji pauses to let Togusa fill him in on the details.
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"So, android brains aren't that different from human brains - neurons firing and sending signals about what you see and hear, it's just transfer of data. Blockers already exist in this world, antagonists that keep your brain from receiving signals, so micromachines are just a more complicated version of that. It's definitely possible to screw with signals and make you see something that isn't there."
"So, if theoretically someone had hacked past Togusa to see that symbol everywhere, then you might see that symbol everywhere. Or, if past Togusa just stressed himself out enough over the case, he might see it everywhere without outside interference." Shuji considers whether to chide Togusa for working too hard, and decides against it.
"If the Laughing Man is the boy in the wheelchair - hiding from society with a disability and putting the hint to it in the Catcher in the Rye quote - then it's completely feasible that he might replace his own face in your perception with the logo - the Laughing Man story has a major theme of masks. Or, it's possible Togusa was hazy those details because he'd associated the Laughing Man with the logo for so long and obsessed over it hard enough that the logo was clearer to him and more important."
"If he kidnapped the micromachine company owner, he would have access to micromachines. He could have used those to monitor past Togusa's partner. If you're monitoring the person who's trying to solve your criminal case, you're much less likely to get caught."
"Salinger's work, especially Catcher in the Rye, has a pretty strong theme of going against society or authority. I don't know how correlated a micromachine company would have been with either of those...?"
Here Shuji pauses to let Togusa fill him in on the details.