The four newcomers are the most hapless and inept rescuers since FEMA was dismantled. In addition to being without survival skills, they also seem to be snotty and spoiled, with that annoying sense of entitlement that only the privileged possess. I propose that they are children of original Dharma members. Notice that when Ben pops out their resumes, Charlotte was born in one place but raised in another? I think one or both of her parents were on the island at the time of the purge. She was at boarding school or being raised by grandparents while her parents were on a trip to, um, maybe they said a university sabbatical. Her birth year of 1979 certainly fits. Notice how she, Daniel, and Miles all have talents related to the things Dharma was researching? Miles especially, with his ability to communicate with the recently deceased. Paranormal phenomena were on Dharma's research menu. People with psychic abilities were being studied. And Miles, being the child of one of those subjects, inherited those abilities. Seems like he doesn't really know what to do with it though, and he has social interaction deficits. Maybe after he Lost his parents, he was shuttled from foster home to foster home. No one liked him because he would inconveniently announce things like where their Great-grandparents hid the silver.....I like to think he is the son of Dr. Marvin Candle.
Now Widmore, in the person of Abbadon, has its reasons for wanting Ben. I bet those reasons are not as admirable as simple Revenge for the Purge. I think Abbadon searched out these Dharma Descendants and told them what happened to their parents. For years he has been fomenting their rage, fanning the flames of Ben-hatred. Now, carefully planned, the moment has come for him to deploy these innocents. Led by professional gun Naomi, they think they're there to avenge their orphan-hood. But the real reason is........something else.
One more thing. Early in the episode, Sayid asks Juliet why Ben would tell them that the people on the boat are going to destroy them. She replies, basically, that Ben is a liar. Or he is telling the truth. So, in the last 8 (not on MY DVR) seconds, when Ben says he has a man on the boat, did anyone in the audience speculate that he could be........lying?
Consider the following from Wikipedia about The Paradox of Lying: Within any scenario where dualistic (e.g., yes/no, black/white) answers are always given, a person who we know is consistently lying would paradoxically be a source of truth. There are many such paradoxes, the most famous one being known as the liar paradox, commonly expressed as "This sentence is a lie," or "This sentence is false." A class of related logic puzzles are known as knights and knaves, in which the goal is to determine who of a group of people is lying and who is telling the truth.
Doesn't this sound Lostish -- black/white, yes/no, science/faith, chess, truth/lies.
Abbadon isn't lying if he told the orphaned Dharma kids that Ben permanently misted their parents. But he probably lied about why they are being sent to get him.
Theory by Kat
Now Widmore, in the person of Abbadon, has its reasons for wanting Ben. I bet those reasons are not as admirable as simple Revenge for the Purge. I think Abbadon searched out these Dharma Descendants and told them what happened to their parents. For years he has been fomenting their rage, fanning the flames of Ben-hatred. Now, carefully planned, the moment has come for him to deploy these innocents. Led by professional gun Naomi, they think they're there to avenge their orphan-hood. But the real reason is........something else.
One more thing. Early in the episode, Sayid asks Juliet why Ben would tell them that the people on the boat are going to destroy them. She replies, basically, that Ben is a liar. Or he is telling the truth. So, in the last 8 (not on MY DVR) seconds, when Ben says he has a man on the boat, did anyone in the audience speculate that he could be........lying?
Consider the following from Wikipedia about The Paradox of Lying: Within any scenario where dualistic (e.g., yes/no, black/white) answers are always given, a person who we know is consistently lying would paradoxically be a source of truth. There are many such paradoxes, the most famous one being known as the liar paradox, commonly expressed as "This sentence is a lie," or "This sentence is false." A class of related logic puzzles are known as knights and knaves, in which the goal is to determine who of a group of people is lying and who is telling the truth.
Doesn't this sound Lostish -- black/white, yes/no, science/faith, chess, truth/lies.
Abbadon isn't lying if he told the orphaned Dharma kids that Ben permanently misted their parents. But he probably lied about why they are being sent to get him.
Theory by Kat
