I remember a podcast episode [can't remember or quickly find the make or model] where they discuss, in retrospect, why technology or processes may have been des

I remember a podcast episode [can't remember or quickly find the make or model] where they discuss, in retrospect, why technology or processes may have been designed as shown and demonstrated in film. One example was The Circuit in 'Logan's Run'. The Circuit is basically a vending machine for companionship with a Star Trek transporter pattern buffer for storage in the back end; you can dial through your options of who is available [as electronically stored in the machine] and pick who you'd like to spend [presumably intimate] time with before that selected person goes back into storage. The order of the availably-stored people appears random, but is it at least for the first option presented? The main character [a male] appears interested in opposite-sex company [at least at the time of that scene]. The first person that is offered by The Circuit is male. After an exchange of smirks, the main character continues to dial through several more options. Presuming that The Circuit somehow knows or guesses the main character's preferences, why offer the complete opposite first? One possible thought offered by the podcast hosts was that The Circuit has some type of logic akin to the following: "Out of the next 10 people to walk through that door, you must select one. If you do not select any of those 10 people, you must take the 11th person." ... so by doping, seeding, weighting, priming, spoiling, or throwing the first option with a "definitely not what is being sought after by this user", The Circuit nudges the user [the main character here] into thinking harder on the next few presented options.