Can you explain the parts [(number) ... ]?
About (1), does it make any differences compared with the case where you just say "What's that?"?
About (2), What's the difference between (2) and "How anout that?" with a question mark?

Sheldon: Here's the problem with teleportation.
Leonard: [(1) Lay it on me.]
Sheldon: Assuming the device could be invented which would identify the quantum state of matter of an individual in one location, and transmit that pattern to a distant location for reassembly, you would not have actually transported the individual. You would have destroyed him in one location, and recreated him in another.
Leonard: [(2) How about that.]
Sheldon: Personally, I would never use a transporter. Because the original Sheldon would have to be disintegrated in order to create a new Sheldon.
Leonard: Would the new Sheldon be in any way an improvement on the old Sheldon?
Sheldon: No, he would be exactly the same.
Leonard: That is a problem.
Sheldon: So,[(3) you see it too.]

Question

Can you explain the parts [(number) ... ]?
About (1), does it make any differences compared with the case where you just say "What's that?"?
About (2), What's the difference between (2) and "How anout that?" with a question mark?


Sheldon: Here's the problem with teleportation.
Leonard: [(1) Lay it on me.]
Sheldon: Assuming the device could be invented which would identify the quantum state of matter of an individual in one location, and transmit that pattern to a distant location for reassembly, you would not have actually transported the individual. You would have destroyed him in one location, and recreated him in another.
Leonard: [(2) How about that.]
Sheldon: Personally, I would never use a transporter. Because the original Sheldon would have to be disintegrated in order to create a new Sheldon.
Leonard: Would the new Sheldon be in any way an improvement on the old Sheldon?
Sheldon: No, he would be exactly the same.
Leonard: That is a problem.
Sheldon: So,[(3) you see it too.]

nutelly · Answer

(1): It's a very casual way of saying "Tell me." Because it's an informal command, it's more appropriate to say to friends or family.
(2): Without the question mark, it's similar to saying "Wow," "I see," or "I understand now." Similar to なるほど I think. With the question mark, it's just asking for an opinion or recommending something, for example "How about buying that shirt?"

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