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Originally Posted by queenbeesteph
The Oceanic 815 crash took place 3 years ago, not 90 days ago. Time passes differently on the island than it does off the island. Naomi's sat phone is an Apple iPhone that is slated to be released in June 2007. The Lost Experience took place real time (with the help of shows like the Jimmy Kimmel show etc...). Plus, The Life Extension Project is one of the current active projects being undertaken by The Hanso Foundation. Its ultimate goal is to extend the lifespan of humans so they can lead fuller lives. The project has claimed to have successfully extended the life of their prize Orangutan, Joop. And I believe that Alvar Hanso was also undergoing these "treatments" - his age is unknown, but it has been suggested that he is around 120 years old. I think these are clues to show us that time is passing slower or even stopped on the island.
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Sorry, but I don't think that's right. The machine in the Swan Station was years ahead of its time--technology-wise--for the 1980s. Remember how secret agents had all that sophisticated gear--miniaturized electronics--years before it was commercially available?
I think that was the case with the Hanso Foundation and the Dharma Initiative.
It does not have to follow that time is flowing at different speeds.
Hanso made his fortune developing weapon systems. That involves cutting-edge technology. Somewhere along the way, the Dharma facilities on the island quit being updated (some of them, like the Flame Station, had digital and satellite communications).
I think several competing factions are at work inside the Dharma Initiative. Each one is using some or most of the Hanso alliance of companies to aid and abet the side they want to win. Each side (and there could be three or four, for all we know) have different goals than the ones Alvar Hanso set forth when the Dharma Initiative was first started.
Right now, the people supporting Ben's group are the ones who are winning.
At least, that is what I
think might be going on.
A project started with the highest of hope and goals and then something happened, the project was hijacked, and things went terribly, terribly wrong.
Never underestimate Man's greed for power. It could be as simple as that. Everything else springs from there. The one thing Alvar Hanso might not have thought of when he tried to create his version of Utopia on the island.