Chapter 2168

After Peter finished asking this question, both of them were stunned.

Bruce also realized before that gaining Penguin's trust would be an important part of his plan, but gaining this Penguin's trust was not that simple.

Bruce knew the Oswald Cobblepot of his universe, but he was younger and didn't look like a mental patient. Bruce didn't know Penguin well enough.

If Penguin had been a gang boss for many years, or even became Mayor, then he must be old and cunning, and not easy to deal with.

Bruce had collected some information about his behavioral logic through conversations with Penguin, but the breakthrough was not big enough, and he could only continue to look for flaws in the subsequent conversations.

But at this time, Peter suddenly gave him a conclusion. How was this conclusion reached?

Bruce asked this question. He felt that even if Peter couldn't give him a detailed answer, he could at least give a few keywords.

But Peter stammered for a long time and only said: "Um... because of penguins."

"Penguins? What's wrong with penguins?"

"That is, penguins are gregarious animals. Penguin calls himself Penguin because he yearns for the mutual help of gregarious animals, um, reflecting that he wants to find a sense of security in the group, he lacks a sense of security."

Bruce's silence was deafening.

"Listen to yourself, does this sound like human talk?" Bruce asked.

In fact, Peter also had nothing to say.

From the logic of association, there is no problem with this, but the problem is, if a conclusion only has association but no solid evidence, what is the difference between it and guessing?

Both of them couldn't answer this question.

Bruce and Peter are very typical scientist personalities. The characteristic of this personality is that everything must be based on solid evidence, and there must be a complete chain of evidence for the conclusion to be reliable.

The two most important attributes of science are evidence-based and reproducibility. Scientific experiments are purposeful. After determining all investigation and research steps in the early stage according to the purpose, they are put into practice, recording the data of each link, obtaining stage conclusions through repeated comparison of data, and then obtaining a general conclusion through the changes in various data of stage conclusions.

Human scientific development to this day, the vast majority of research has a systematic method and steps, nothing more than the number of projects that need to be established to study a result, the number of stage conclusions that need to be obtained, and the difficulty of synthesizing general conclusions.

Even if Batman manufactures equipment, he must first conceive the general purpose of the equipment in his mind, draw a design drawing according to a series of disciplines such as physics and engineering, hand it over to the lathe processing assembly, conduct strength and efficacy tests, find deficiencies and make partial or overall modifications, and then iterate to finally obtain the perfect Bat equipment.

Such a process means that every link is traceable. Why a part appears in a certain part of the equipment, the design drawing gives a very clear label, and why it can play a role in this part, there is a very rigorous mechanics and engineering theory to endorse it.

In contrast, associating the gregarious attributes of penguins from Penguin's nickname, then associating the warmer characteristics of penguins' gregarious attributes, and then combining them with Penguin's childhood trauma to analyze his mental needs for being accepted and cared for by the group, looks like pure guessing.

Because there is no step in this that has solid evidence. Did Penguin personally say that this nickname was taken by himself? Or did he express his acquiescence or even approval in any way?

What evidence is there to show that the special significance of the penguin animal image to him is reflected in the gregarious attribute? And what can prove that the conclusion of the combination of penguin gregarious attribute and Penguin childhood trauma is that Penguin's sense of security comes from group care?

This is different from the behavioral analysis method that Bruce is good at. Although many times detective science and behavioral analysis also look like guessing, that is only because their observation ability is strong enough to see details that others cannot see.

For example, Bruce can capture all hair traces on a person in a very short time. Human hair, animal hair, and even traces left by branches and trunks brushing on wool coats can provide extremely rigorous evidence chains for him to infer the attributes of this person.

There are several possibilities for a short golden hair on a person's body. This could be her boyfriend's hair, dog hair, or even doll hair.

Then observe what attributes this hair has, such as the root is thicker, the middle and tip are thinner, and the difference between the two is very large, which does not conform to the law of human hair thickness change, then you can exclude a wrong answer.

Until choosing the conclusion with the highest probability among all conclusions, which is the inner layer hair of the golden retriever's double-layer hair.

Also considering that it is not the molting season, the hair sticking to the owner is very likely to be from bathing the dog or taking it to play by the water, etc., and then choose a conclusion with the highest comprehensive probability, and so on.

Bruce can provide evidence for every link of the inference, clearly explaining why he would speculate like this, why it is this conclusion instead of that one, and what the advantages of the selected conclusion are compared to each other.

In fact, a good scientist does these things every day. Peter Parker is no exception. His research work is to obtain conclusions through experiments, compare the conclusions together, and find the one most beneficial to the experimental purpose to continue the experiment.

And such a process requires them to repeatedly check the rigor of the previous links in every link, because once one link goes wrong, it can be called a total loss.

Therefore, they are very resistant to any groundless speculation, because if you dare to add such groundless speculation to any experimental link, even the most perfect experimental plan dares to collapse for you to see.

The reason why Peter felt it was guessing after seeing that series of psychoanalysis was because this thing is actually just thinking of a conclusion out of thin air, then thinking of another conclusion, then combining the two conclusions to get a conclusion, and then using this conclusion obtained out of thin air to guide actions.

If this is really a method adopted by some psychological medicine, Peter simply wants to put a label of "killing people by grass" on it.

So Peter couldn't answer the question Bruce asked—"Why?"

And he himself was not very confident. He didn't expect to take this conclusion born out of thin air to Batman, and he would come up with a perfect action guidance plan. How should he convince Batman that this thing is effective?

At this time, Bruce also felt something was wrong. He asked Peter: "How did you come to this conclusion?"

He felt that this didn't seem to be Peter's own conclusion, because his logic of retelling the whole process was a bit broken, as if he was thinking of what to say, and he was very guilty, looking like he didn't believe the conclusion himself.

"……If I say God told me, do you believe it?"

"You should have said so earlier, let's go."

Peter breathed a sigh of relief.

And what he didn't know was that compared to someone who insisted on calling this ability to guess correctly every time a certain discipline, Bruce still felt that the possibility of super-powered mind reading or being inspired by God was greater, not only in the past, but now, and it was becoming more and more firm.

Peter lifted the plastic cloth curtain above the small iron door pieced together by iron sheets, followed Penguin into the room. This looked like the security room of the garbage treatment plant before, and a container iron house was added behind it. There was a small light bulb in the center of the room.

Peter walked over and sat down on the plastic chair of the food stall. Under Bruce's reminder, he said.

"Actually, I have something to remind you. Have you seen a Mexican named Kevin appearing near your house?"

Penguin sat opposite Peter and frowned. Peter took the ashtray full of cigarette butts away, and then said: "He snatched a gun from the police in Queens, and then ran here. I don't think this is a coincidence. What do you think?"

"Did the police die?"

Peter shook his head and said: "Not only did they not die, they didn't even get hurt. They just broke a little skin. He attacked him from behind, used special pliers to cut the gun's security rope, and then drove away at high speed."

"Then it must not be a coincidence."

Penguin snorted coldly and said: "No one doesn't know that if you want to get a gun from a blue-skin dog, you must kill them to silence them, otherwise the speed they chase will be faster than a hound."

Then he asked with some trepidation: "Do you think that Kevin wants to lure the police here?"

Peter opened his mouth and said with some hesitation: "There is something tricky about the attack scene. I think they might be in a cooperative relationship, after all..."

Penguin knew what he didn't finish saying. Now everyone wants him to die. This safe house he once built in the slums of Cat Getan is no longer safe because of the fusion of the two cities, and there are strangers everywhere.

Penguin was not surprised that Spider-Man knew he was here. After all, for a superpowered person who can swing in the sky of the city, there are no secrets in this city.

But he still didn't expect Spider-Man to come specifically to remind him. He might just have witnessed a murder case in Queens and found something wrong after investigation, but all he needed to do was continue patrolling there, and there was no need to care about where this guy named Kevin went and what he wanted to do.

Thinking that Kevin might be coming for him the first time he discovered his movements, and running over to remind himself, this is different from simple recognition. He took practical action and wanted to protect himself.

Whether from the situation or ability, compared to Spider-Man, the current Penguin is indeed a disadvantaged group, and he also needs Spider-Man's protection. And if he can let Spider-Man stay...

Penguin just thought of this when a disturbance came from outside the house. Peter rushed out first, ran through the small alley at the entrance with accelerated steps, rushed to the corner to look, and saw the familiar figure of a policeman in a blue uniform.

The blue of the New York police uniform is lighter than the uniform of the Cat Getan police station, so Peter immediately realized that this might be the police from the Queens police station.

And as a resident who grew up in Queens, he knew too well the tricks in the Queens police station. The police here can be bought by everyone and do things for everyone, except for law and justice.

So he immediately turned back to Penguin and said: "They want to come in to find the lost gun, but that's just an excuse. They must have been bought. Run."

Penguin didn't have time to think, and ran toward the back door in a hurry. But most New York police stations have sufficient firepower, and gangs are unwilling to have a gunfight with them, so the police drove straight in. Peter took Penguin and fled wildly.

Seeing the police run past the corner and aim their guns at them, a broken old Nissan car just stopped at the end of the intersection. A brown-skinned man with curly hair and sunglasses shook his head at them.

Peter and Penguin had no other choice but to get in his car. The brother driving the car honked the horn and said: "Hold on tight, you will soon understand what is called Gonzalez speed, Mr. Mayor."

"You know me?"

"Of course, I have to say, you did a good job!"