UGH!--so frustrating! And a big question about human nature.

One thing that trips me up about this show is that SO many characters keep new information to themselves rather than share it with the group. If they would all only trust eachother, they would all know so much more about what's going on!!! Think how many deaths could have been avoided. Boone's, for one. If he and Locke had told the rest of the group about the plane they found, they could have built some kind of pully system to get inside the plane safely. OR they could have all pulled it down to the ground together. Either way they could have gotten the radio safely. (Yeah, I KNOW: "Boone was the sacrifice the island demanded," but come ON, people!)

At the very least you'd think everyone would confide in Hurley because he's so non-threatening and helpful.

QUESTION ABOUT THE SHOW:
Speaking of sharing information; do Bernard, Libby, or AnaLucia (et al.) ever learn that it was Boone they heard on the radio? And Boone never tells Locke he heard anyone on the plane's radio either, right? Because he died before he could tell anyone, right?

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I guess the frustration with characters and their choices and with knowing more than the characters and not being able to help them is one treat/frustration for the audience. It's that "NO! Don't go in there!" feeling you get watching a horror movie. You have to love it or change the channel.

QUESTION ABOUT HUMAN NATURE:
Do you think that NOT sharing information is what people would do if this scenario were real life? As in, in a life or death situation do people naturally band together or do they become totally self-interested? There was Jack's whole "live together or die alone" speech, and everyone SAID they agreed with it, but do they really? Maybe you think that normally they would only be out for themselves BUT because of having to fight the Others the Losties would sensibly band together and share their info.? Which is the more realistic response?

I think that may be the question to Life itself PotPie.

Personally, I would have appointed and information officer to have everyone tell of their skills even before anyone began hunting and gathering, then have daily, weekly meetings to gather all the stuff that everyone learned. Of course, Cablerunner's version of Lost would probably have been cancelled in week two.

Maybe they don't tell others what they know, because some things might upset most people. As Sayid said in season 1: "If we tell them what we know, we take away their hope. And hope is a very dangerous thing to loose." (Or something like that^^)

good point Kiwi... however, after a week, maybe two, and no rescue, I would think that all bets are off.

that and there is the whole trust issue. i think to some degree everyone of the characters has some sort of trust issues and or is used to hiding something, so i guess thats another reason why they dont tell eveyone some things when they find out something about the island

Or maybe they have trust issues even within themselves, because they are having issues trusting even their own memories.

yeah that could be it aswell

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I think that may be the question to Life itself PotPie..

Well the answer to that question of Life is, of course, 42.

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Personally, I would have appointed and information officer to have everyone tell of their skills even before anyone began hunting and gathering, then have daily, weekly meetings to gather all the stuff that everyone learned. Of course, Cablerunner's version of Lost would probably have been cancelled in week two.

So - why do I hear the word "gestapo" rattling around in my brain, CableRunner. I would form a counter-intelligence group on the island to form a resistance movement to your self-appointed leadership position. To quote Dwight Shrute "Information is Power." Plus, I do have some skills that would inevitably lead to the success of my group over your group. And what are these skills, you ask? "You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills... Boys only want girls in their camps who have great skills." But I digress... And my spies would infiltrate your weekly meetings and seed them with false information, just like Lostpedia.

Queen, i can talk to the animals.. which means i would sick two bears and countless boar on your crummy little camp.. i would have my first bear chase you into the ocean so Sharkie can eat you. Please, spies, i eat spies for breakfast.

Lions, and Tigers, and BEARS 0H MY! Oh, please! Everyone who is anyone knows that a bear's favorite food is what? --> honey! Therefore being SO charming that I was able to charm the bees ~ they made me their Queen. And being the Queen of the Bees I have limitless access to boundless stores of honey. And to quote my boyfriend Will Shakespeare, ""What's in a name? That which we call honey By any other name would taste as sweet." Therefore the bears no longer have to eat fishbiscuits, but honey --> so now the bears are on my side. Also... Unbeknownst to CableRunner, I have Aquaman-esque powers, so the Dharma Shark is actually my friend and is just lurking in the water off-shore for an opportune moment to devour CableRunner. And the boars... well, the bees protect me by stinging the boars' noses and they just run off into the jungle until the bears have a chance to persuade them to my side.