Stupid question...

[Virtugon]

What does a Mentat do exactly???

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

Mentat is human comp, he usually very fast solve complicate problems and make quick conclusion when someone ask him to do it. He help people with cases that normal human can`t cope with  

[Timenn]

Yes, and remember stupid questions don't exists, only stupid people ;D ;D ;D ;) - mr. Garrison

The human computer is good one. He/She never fails...

[Ligic_Tha_Master]

The books say a human computer...

[Colonel_Worf]

Yes, and Piter de Vries, the Baron's twisted mentat, was fashioned by the Tleilaxu. He can kind of see into the future in House Harkonnen, but he's not  real good at it. :D

[Ligic_Tha_Master]

And Piter was a bit like the Fremen ;)

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

Piter was addicted to spice :). Baron wasn`t very happy, cos he had to pay for it.

[Ligic_Tha_Master]

Point fo' G-dawg! That's ya Gunseng. ;)

[jacobdouds]

Mentat's work on pure logic, they don't let personal views or emotions get in the way of their desician.

[exatreide]

yes they do.

[Acriku]

They have to work on emotions also, because Thufir hated the Harkonnens, and also Jessica for thinking she betrayed Atreides, till he found out.

[Smirnov]

A Mentat is a human computer.  In the sense it computes data, they are the few citizens of the Imperium who are gifted enough to be trained for massive accomplishments of logic.  No you can't play Quake III Arena on Mentat OS 4.

Only the very best of Mentats don't let emotions or personal views get in the way of their decision.

[Digital Guerrilla]

"No you can't play Quake Arena III on Mentat OS 4", now that was funny.

Mentats were also used after the Butlerian Jihad against the thinking machines. I have a question what does the training for a mentat require?

[Acriku]

Intense mutation I would think.

[jacobdouds]

You must be born with the ability, like Paul and Devries. Then, there is intense training involved.

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

Training for mentat, I think, looks like training for Bene Gesserit...so mind exercises...

And mentat like Piter doesn`t born with it. Tleilaxu make them.

[quoudam72]

Yes, I think someone already said this but Piter was a twisted mentat designed by the Bene Tleilaxu.

[Nefud]

You don't born to be a Mentat. It requires a long and hard training to become one. They use the sapho-juice to enhance their calculations.

And Piter wasn't born and trained. He was planned and grown by the Bene Tleilax for the Baron.

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

Actually, you must born with abillity to being mentat. No everyone could be one of them. In Dune, Paul has been told that he has predispositions to be mentat and asked if he want started training. He said he want.

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

And I think I just said it that Piter created by Tleilaxu, like every twisted mentat...he was too twisted for me...twisted means mentat with emotions, but Piter had twisted mind

[Khan]

piter doesn't exactly have emotions-no remorse-he just has a more devious mind than other mentats

[el_d00d]

Actually, you must born with abillity to being mentat. No everyone could be one of them. In Dune, Paul has been told that he has predispositions to be mentat and asked if he want started training. He said he want.

Actually many ppl could be a Mentat, you have to be smart and trained when you're young.. In Dune they say to Paul that without his knowledge he already had done this training, and they ask if he would like to continue..

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

Thats what I ment! This abillity is brain abillity to can do training. And not every human could be mentat, cos they weren`t intelligent enough. And only training wasn`t enough to be mentat

[TMA_1]

It depends on the mentat.

You have twisted mentats that are genetically enabled for no remorse, pure logic thinking. The buyer tells the tleilaxu what they want and they supply it.

You have the normal mentats that go through training from birth. They are basically brainwashed and reprogrammed for the use of pure logic in their ideas. They are weeded out through childhood and grow into adults and those that are extremely good are used for purposes of the landsdraad while the ones that are so-so go for multipule purposes in the empire or to help in the training of the original mentats. Many normal and twisted mentats use sapho juice that is taken from a root of a plant from ecaz to speed up their thinking, (kind of like LSD) but many mentats see this as against normal ethics. Piter himself was addicted to sapho and it doesnt mention spice that much for him. he does use sapho juice though. It is usually taken right before a briefing or a meeting. It raises conciousness and awarness. You can tell these mentats by their red stained lips. Since logic-computers are obviously banned they need to use a human source. i.e. mentats.

[Digital Guerrilla]

Who or what was behind the Guild? I mean it is never mentioned who controlled the Guild atleast I haven't seen it in the books I have read. Which book would have this infromation?