Figure 17, refrigerator thoughts
August 22nd, 2007 by AuthorBeware of spoilers.
- Suppose we accept Jonathan’s explanation. But then, why is a Ribers self-aware? I do not see how it helps its effectiveness any. I can understand that a degree of AI is necessary to maintain the integrated UI. It can be explained that integrating user’s consciousness into control of Ribers will result in mental diseases due to the loss of integrity. But the AI is not a “person”, at least not necesserily.
- Related question: since there does not seem to be any downside to it, why is it necessary to disengage from Ribers at all? Why not make it a permanent enhancement to human/alien body?
- How does the concentration of a thought on a body part helps Ribers? I could understand if the user retained some kind of detailed control. But it seems that Ribers’ consciousness can do it all just fine.
- How did aliens know which memories to erase? To do it completely would be an enormous work. it has to cover all schoolmates, and everyone in the town who came into contact with Hikaru (such as store clerks). Not to do it completely leaves lots of fragments which can be pieced together by someone sufficiently obsessive (e.g. Kuroda).
- Speaking of the devil, what is the purpose of Kuroda in story terms? I see that he allows to demonstrate that Ordeena is not a completely cold bitch as initially appeared. But that was demonstrated equally well when she permitted Tsubasa to keep her memories, only without any unnecessary drama.