This isn't "instant learning" at all, but rather something more akin to a different movie, Pacific Rim, in which the two co-pilots of a giant robot enter a sort

This isn't "instant learning" at all, but rather something more akin to a different movie, Pacific Rim, in which the two co-pilots of a giant robot enter a sort of mind meld. This is really no less exciting, though, and no less sci-fi.