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How exactly did Nathan create the "pleasure hole" between their legs?


He said they would feel a pleasant sensation when penetrated but is this really possible, to program physical pleasure?

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Probably much like a touch screen on your phone where with the right pressure and yeah it just sends a signal.

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Good answer!

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Pleasure is an electronic signal to the brain from nerve sensors.

Nathan just needed to program the interpretation of the artificial sensors.

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It's like the brain, it's not hardware it's wetware.

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Not sure he actually did. It's quite possible they didn't feel pleasure - and that he only assumed they did as justification for what he did to the cyborgs. I mean, what proof did he have that they enjoyed anything he did sexually? The film implies he's a creep and that all the cyborgs wanted to get away from him so...

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