Talk:Time on the island (theory)

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Re: Discharge

When the wormhole is closed, it is no longer 2004 in "the outside world". Desmond's flashes are not the future. He is seeing the past - from the perspective of the outside world. In addition to having relived a day in 1996, Desmond "remembers" the events that took place on The Island up to the current date "outside".

• Whoodinnahuddahwuhuh??? -- ZachsMind 15:55, 18 April 2007 (PDT)
  • After The Discharge, let's pretend time moved on in the outside world. Quickly. For arguments sake let's say that the date off The Island is today's date as of me sitting here and writing this (Friday 20th April 2007 in Brisbane, Australia). Desmond can and has traveled backwards in time during The Discharge. This was confirmed in the podcast. During his flashback sequence in "Flashes before your eyes", he has flashes of "the future" triggered by the sound of the microwave. Those flashes are the same sort we are shown in "Catch-22". What the sentence you have quoted is saying is: Desmond cannot see the future. He is having flashes of the "past", and is somehow aware of everything that is going to happen. The flashes are somewhat like a repressed memory surfacing - if he escapes The Island and gets back to the outside world the flashes will stop because he will have merged with the outside timeline. --Tik-tok 15:54, 19 April 2007 (PDT)

Differential ageing

The real issue may be with original hostiles/natives (ala Richard Alpert) not ageing and non-natives (Ben, Alex and such) ageing. Though this could still pertain to just Alpert. *shrug* Tigerlilylynn 13:44, 4 June 2007 (PDT)

Re: If time moves differently on the Island, it might explain...

"The CAT scans Juliet looks at during the Mittelos recruitment. Juliet states that they appear to be from a woman in her 70's, while Alpert says the woman is only 26. It is possible that internal aging continues to occur at standard time, though time (and appearance) moves more slowly. It could also be the result of a woman leaving the Island; upon leaving the Island and reentering standard time aging may occur rapidly, thus a woman who only lived for 26 years (on the Island) could suddenly become old and die upon leaving. This could further explain Ben's inability to leave the Island to have his surgery, as he would have aged considerably upon doing so."

This doesn't really make sense since Richard (who has been on the island longer than ben) has gone off it (to recruit Juliet), Ben was in the vet clinic in Germany when Sayid was shot, and Tom was in New York to recruit Michael.

--Bibliotequa 22:08, 22 March 2008 (PDT)