For those of you that understand some of the basic aspects of computer programming, you will understand the term "nested loops" very well. For those of you that dont let me give a brief explanation. Imagine that you have two counters(A&B), both starting at zero and ending at nine. First of all the outer counter(A) will shift its value by one, this will be followed by a complete cycle of the inner counter(B) before the sequence will exit back to counter A increasing its value by one before a complete execute of counter B again. When both counters have reached a value of nine it becomes possible to exit the loop. In this model the condition that must be met in order for an exit to a "higher" loop to be made is that the counter must be equal to nine. This is achieved by continual increments until the desired value is achieved and is the idea that is used when a "for" loop is used in programming. Another variatio! n that can be used is the "while" loop. Using this construct a loop cannot be exited until a certain condition is achieved and can result in a sequence being continually executed with no end. Now imagine a structure where there are hundreds and hundreds of loops, each with their own exit conditions, nested around each other and how many conditions would have to be met before an end result can be achieved. Most of you must be thinking that what has this got to do with Lost?
For those of you that have seen the film "Primer", im sure you are starting to see where this is going. For those of you that havent seen it, watch it then read this theory again.
Many of the strange things that we have seen happen can be explained by using this model. If what we are seeing is not a linear progression of time but events that have been taking place during different iterations of particular loops then some of the glaring errors that we have seen can be explained instead of being just errors. A good example of the point I am trying to make is the scene from TMFT(3-13) where Locke opens the fridge in Bens house to get some chicken. All the objects in the fridge appear to have moved when he once again opens the fridge to return the the plate. Another example is the contiunally changing clock faces showing different times. Yet another example is young Ben being shot by Sayid. The wound appears to have mysteriously moved to another part of his chest. The reason that these appear different to us is that they have occured during different iterations of any given loop. In other words they are subtle variations that have taken place in order to ! try and find the correct end condition.
I know this may seem a little far fetched and overly complicated but to me it makes sense and if you havent seen it I strongly recommend you find a copy of Primer and watch it.
For those of you that have seen the film "Primer", im sure you are starting to see where this is going. For those of you that havent seen it, watch it then read this theory again.
Many of the strange things that we have seen happen can be explained by using this model. If what we are seeing is not a linear progression of time but events that have been taking place during different iterations of particular loops then some of the glaring errors that we have seen can be explained instead of being just errors. A good example of the point I am trying to make is the scene from TMFT(3-13) where Locke opens the fridge in Bens house to get some chicken. All the objects in the fridge appear to have moved when he once again opens the fridge to return the the plate. Another example is the contiunally changing clock faces showing different times. Yet another example is young Ben being shot by Sayid. The wound appears to have mysteriously moved to another part of his chest. The reason that these appear different to us is that they have occured during different iterations of any given loop. In other words they are subtle variations that have taken place in order to ! try and find the correct end condition.
I know this may seem a little far fetched and overly complicated but to me it makes sense and if you havent seen it I strongly recommend you find a copy of Primer and watch it.
