In article <13smpno3e6vie03@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, eta@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Lambda)
writes:
| "Dan Lanciani" <ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
| news:1345378@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| > In article <13sm969k2a1md17@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, eta@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Lambda)
| > writes:
| > | "Dan Lanciani" <ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
| > | news:1345376@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| > | > In article
| > | >
<a6e4183e-f630-461f-a91b-8de00ae76c23@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
| > | > jonmason1977@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(masonReloaded) writes:
| > | > | On Mar 2, 3:52 am, "Dimensional Traveler" <dtra...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
| > | > | > David B wrote:
| > | > | > > PuddinTame wrote:
| > | > | >
| > | > | > >> On Feb 29, 8:45 pm, karalou...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
| > | > | > >>> When the producers said that this all can be explained
using
| > | > | > >>> science, they aren't necessarily referring to
common-knowledge
| > | > | > >>> items on the high school level.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > >> Okay, now one poster on this thread says the producers
claimed
| > all
| > | > | > >> would be explained via sci-fi and the supernatural.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > >> Now another poster says the producers claimed all would be
| > revealed
| > | > | > >> through science.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > >> Which is it? Or have the producers said both?
| > | > | >
| > | > | > > Yes:
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | >
| >
>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.lost/msg/41053b4c61cf3826?hl=en&
| > | > | >
| > | > | > > "....It may not come for a very long time, but certain
| > information
| > | > | > > about the island will explain how things are possible.
We'll
| > try to
| > | > | > > root it in real science or real pseudo-science."
| > | > | >
| > | > | > > David Fury (one of the producers from season one)
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Real pseudo-science? WTF is that supposed to mean? (Besides
the
| > | > obvious,
| > | > | > deafeningly loud tap-dancing.)
| > | > |
| > | > | I guess they mean there will be some kind of
"technobabble/bull****"
| > | > | explanation for everything - like they have kind of provided for
| > | > | Desmond's time experiences, instead of just handwaving that "the
| > | > | island let him travel in time" they have come up with some wierd
| > stuff
| > | > | to explain it. Similarly the smoke monster will probably not
just
| > be
| > | > | "oh that monster was always here, it's magic and ancient" - it
will
| > be
| > | > | "It's nanites" or "It's a psychic projection" etc...
| > | >
| > | > That kind of explanation works fine for the weird phenomena, but
I'm
| > | > much more interested in explanations of the behavior we have seen
or
| > | > inferred.
| > | >
| > | > -Why would anyone disguise a real (and apparently dangerous)
physics
| > | > experiment as a stupid psychology experiment?
| > |
| > | Before the "incident", the Swan hatch was used for something else.
After
| > the
| > | Incident, they changed the hatch to the number punching stuffies ^_^
| >
| > The suggestion that they may have used the hatch for something else
prior
| > to
| > the alleged incident doesn't explain why they set it up to look like a
| > stupid
| > psychology experiment after the alleged incident.
|
| The orientation video in the Pearl about the psych experiment was older
than
| the orientation video in the Swan. It was BEFORE the incident not AFTER.
Again, this is all well and good but in no way explains why they set up
the hatch to look like a stupid psychology experiment. Remember, both
the audience and characters (e.g., Jack) recognized the stupid psychology
experiment long before the Pearl orientation video turned up.
| > | > -Why have observers send their notebooks to the middle of nowhere
by
| > | > pneumatic conveyor?
| > |
| > | Maybe they had a truck or container that filled up as they sent the
| > | notebooks and this container was picked up on occation. This makes
sense
| > if
| > | they want to keep the experiment a secret. If ANYONE other than
those
| > | involved find out about it, it might leak out and ruin the
experiment.
| >
| > Ok. Why did they continue to ferry the observers in to write and send
| > their notebooks long (very long given the size of the pile) after they
| > had stopped collecting said notebooks?
| >
|
| Thats a good point. Desmond pointed out that maybe it was the other way
| around, that the Pearl, was the experiment and not the Swan...maybe
thats
| it...but you do have a good point.
Which brings us back to: why would anyone conduct such a stupid
psychology
experiment in such a dangerous environment?
| > | > -Why didn't Juliette ever investigate the alleged cancer cure in
the
| > | > course of (allegedly) looking for a solution to the pregnancy
problem?
| > | >
| > |
| > | She couldn't leave the island.
| >
| > What's that got to do with anything? Ben was on the island. Juliette
| > was on the island. Ben claimed to have a cure for cancer. Ben asked
| > Juliette to solve the pregnancy problem. Juliette failed to ask Ben
| > for details of the cancer cure. Juliette was shown to be a reasonably
| > skilled medical professional. Investigating the possible connection
| > between a mysterious pregnancy problem and a mysterious cancer cure
| > should have been her highest priority.
|
|
| Ok, I'm confused. I ass-u-me you were referring to Juliet's sister who
got
| cancer while Juliet was on the island? Ben told her that Jacob himself
would
| take care of it and took her to the Flame where she saw her sister in
the
| park.
|
| If that is what you are refering to, then like I said, she could not
leave
| the island because Ben would not let her.
Again, what does it have to do with leaving the island? The conversation
should have gone something like this:
Ben: I can have your sister's cancer cured.
Juliette: That's great. How exactly does the cure work?
Ben: <something uninformative>
Juliette: But Ben, two mysterious medical effects related to the same
island? There's almost certainly a connection between your cancer
cure and the pregnancy problem. You need to tell me everything about
the cure so I can study it.
Ben: No, there is no connection.
Juliette: Well, Ben, in order for you to be so sure of that you must have
far more medical expertise than I and in particular you must understand
the pregnancy problem far better than I do. Given that you have not
shared
any of this knowledge with me you obviously do not want me to find a cure
for the pregnancy problem. Why did you bring me here Ben?
Dan Lanciani
ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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