Comments on: Number punching: general theory http://underwaterhatch.com/2006/02/26/number-punching-general-theory/ Lost Blog ~ UnderWaterHatch.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:27:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jared http://underwaterhatch.com/2006/02/26/number-punching-general-theory/#comment-78 jared Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:50:48 +0000 http://lost.dancameron.org/29/number-punching-general-theory/#comment-78 I think the 3 I presented above pretty much cover all the general possibilities if you boil them down: #1 something happens when the button is pressed #2 nothing happens when the button is pressed, but something happens if the button is NOT pressed #3 nothing ever happens whether the button is pressed or not Obviously these are broad generalizations, and it's certainly obvious from the last show that the people pressing the buttons are definitely supposed to believe either 1 or 2, just not sure which one. I consider self worth as #3, in that it would just be a part of the experiment. Perhaps we will find out more either next week (with that new hatch/door), although I suspect that will be at the end of the episode. Or maybe during a Russaeu flashback (assuming one is coming), or if they do some other flashback to show what happened to some other group when the clock ran down. I would love to see a Desmond flashback, but I don't think he really knows either (or he's a good actor). I think the 3 I presented above pretty much cover all the general possibilities if you boil them down:

#1 something happens when the button is pressed
#2 nothing happens when the button is pressed, but something happens if the button is NOT pressed
#3 nothing ever happens whether the button is pressed or not

Obviously these are broad generalizations, and it’s certainly obvious from the last show that the people pressing the buttons are definitely supposed to believe either 1 or 2, just not sure which one. I consider self worth as #3, in that it would just be a part of the experiment.

Perhaps we will find out more either next week (with that new hatch/door), although I suspect that will be at the end of the episode. Or maybe during a Russaeu flashback (assuming one is coming), or if they do some other flashback to show what happened to some other group when the clock ran down. I would love to see a Desmond flashback, but I don’t think he really knows either (or he’s a good actor).

]]> By: Blazelion http://underwaterhatch.com/2006/02/26/number-punching-general-theory/#comment-77 Blazelion Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:53:04 +0000 http://lost.dancameron.org/29/number-punching-general-theory/#comment-77 Personally, I hope it is #2. #3 would just irritate me if that were true. But yeah, knowing the creators of Lost (or rather not knowing them!) they'll probably add something in there that no-one could have anticipated, and yet at the same time we knew it all along. To examplify, who could have guessed what was in the hatch? You could guess the bunker, but not the computer and numbers. Personally, I hope it is #2. #3 would just irritate me if that were true.
But yeah, knowing the creators of Lost (or rather not knowing them!) they’ll probably add something in there that no-one could have anticipated, and yet at the same time we knew it all along. To examplify, who could have guessed what was in the hatch? You could guess the bunker, but not the computer and numbers.

]]> By: dancameron http://underwaterhatch.com/2006/02/26/number-punching-general-theory/#comment-76 dancameron Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:01:01 +0000 http://lost.dancameron.org/29/number-punching-general-theory/#comment-76 Good points. I think it's #3 making it seem like number #2 and could also include #1 at the same time. Then there is always #4. #4 self worth. Good points. I think it’s #3 making it seem like number #2 and could also include #1 at the same time. Then there is always #4.

#4 self worth.

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