Virtugon Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 What does a Mentat do exactly??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunseng_Harkonnen Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timenn Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Yes, and remember stupid questions don't exists, only stupid people ;D ;D ;D ;) - mr. GarrisonThe human computer is good one. He/She never fails... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligic_Tha_Master Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 The books say a human computer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_Worf Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligic_Tha_Master Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 And Piter was a bit like the Fremen ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunseng_Harkonnen Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Piter was addicted to spice :). Baron wasn`t very happy, cos he had to pay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligic_Tha_Master Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Point fo' G-dawg! That's ya Gunseng. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobdouds Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Mentat's work on pure logic, they don't let personal views or emotions get in the way of their desician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 yes they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 They have to work on emotions also, because Thufir hated the Harkonnens, and also Jessica for thinking she betrayed Atreides, till he found out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirnov Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Guerrilla Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 "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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Intense mutation I would think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobdouds Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 You must be born with the ability, like Paul and Devries. Then, there is intense training involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunseng_Harkonnen Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 Yes, I think someone already said this but Piter was a twisted mentat designed by the Bene Tleilaxu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefud Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunseng_Harkonnen Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunseng_Harkonnen Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 piter doesn't exactly have emotions-no remorse-he just has a more devious mind than other mentats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_d00d Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 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.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunseng_Harkonnen Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Guerrilla Posted April 7, 2002 Share Posted April 7, 2002 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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