

What is the point of asking Kaneki the question 1000-7 at several points
during his torture?

Is there some character development behind the reason hid did that? Or is it a
known method of torture?


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What is the point of Jason asking Kaneki to count backwards by 1000-7?


This is a method of real life torture said to be used in combination with
strong drugs.

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See for example the [Edgewood arsenal human
experimentations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgewood_Arsenal_human_experiments)
or [this
podcast](https://soundcloud.com/lastpodcastontheleft/episode140-edgewood-
part-2-disco-soup)

They go quite in-depth on how this is useful in torture, and what the side
effects are.


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I haven't been able to locate the source, but Kaneki said it was to make sure
he didn't go insane, and Jason developed that from his torturer.


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2 reasons:

  1. First one being so that Kaneki doesn't go insane
  2. To keep him mentally aware so that he constantly feels pain instead of trying to ignore it. By keeping him mentally engaged it prevents Kaneki from ignoring the constant pain cycle (although he later goes on to say that it helped him keep his mind on something else besides the pain - linking back to bullet 1, keeping him sane)

Source: [Chapter 61 page 9](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B8nCS_B4eNw/WAL-
kSds4gI/AAAAAADkbLI/Xy6Akhf23hY/w1900/MR-23454-452618-9.jpg) :)


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