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In response to "Is it too much to ask for a simple answer about the island?" by FabioParme

It was as simple as it gets. (spoils)

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) May 25 '10, 20:33

Jacob said that the light (the goodness within all people) acted as a cork to hold in the ultimate evil.

As it turns out, it was literally a cork.

That evil became a tangible thing as soon as Jacob threw his brother into the light. At that moment, his brother ceased to exist and Smokey was "born."

The island and it's protector (Jacob's mother, Jacob, Jack and Hurley) kept that evil from escaping and destroying the world.

That's it. That's all there is. What exactly do you want?

Do you want them to go back to the very moment the island came into existence to explain exactly how it came to be? You may as well ask for God's backstory.

There was no scientific answer. There never was.

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A lot of thing doesn't make sense. If I remember correctly (spoils) - FabioParme May 25, 20:48 14
- Seriously? That's your problem with it? *spoils* - Ender May 25, 21:06 4
  - Again it makes no sense (spoils) - FabioParme May 25, 21:17 3
    - *spoils* - Ender May 25, 21:56
    - spoil. - loosilu May 25, 21:44
    - This is starting to have a old-school Daneduuk thread feel to it. (nm) - musubi May 25, 21:39
- And what about (spoils) - FabioParme May 25, 20:59 8
  - Did you want a reasonable, understandable scientific explanation for time travel? Really? - musubi May 25, 21:15 2
    - That's my main point of the whole discussion. It's too easy to create mysterys and - FabioParme May 25, 21:20 1
      - Eff those guys in Primer for not explaining how the machine worked. Eff them in the ear. (nm) - musubi May 25, 21:32
  - That would be the "electromagnetic anomaly" portion of things. -- nm - Ender May 25, 21:11 4
    - So the "electromagnetic anomaly" affected just a few of the Ajira passengers? - FabioParme May 25, 21:22 3
      - Yeah, that's why it's an anomaly. It acts in an anomalous manner. -- nm - Ender May 25, 21:51 1
        
        If Jacob or anyone said an anomaly caused that, I would be satisfied - FabioParme May 25, 21:54
      - yes, cause that's what happened. if only there was an electromagnetic expert on the original flight it could have been explained. I don't think having - dogbert May 25, 21:48
I'm curious exactly what basic questions he thinks still need to be answered. -- nm - Ender May 25, 20:36 1
- The only thing I can come up with is, "Why is the island?" - Jim May 25, 20:39
WHAT IS THE ISLAND?! -- nm - wheezy May 25, 20:34 2
- You forgot the fabio p. si :) -- nm - FabioParme May 25, 20:35
- THE ISLAND IS A HAM SANDWICH! -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 20:35

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