Comments on: Scale of Credibility http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/04/scale-of-credibility/ A place to write and read Lost Theories Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:02:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: highbrow http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/04/scale-of-credibility/#comment-12717 highbrow Fri, 01 May 2009 18:09:09 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=3555#comment-12717 Vincent is a total liar! I bet if you could translate his dog-speak into English it would be nothing but lies! Vincent is a total liar! I bet if you could translate his dog-speak into English it would be nothing but lies!

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]]> By: HurleyBird http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/04/scale-of-credibility/#comment-12714 HurleyBird Fri, 01 May 2009 18:05:44 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=3555#comment-12714 lol...good one eko lol…good one eko

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]]> By: ekolocation http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/04/scale-of-credibility/#comment-12712 ekolocation Fri, 01 May 2009 18:01:57 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=3555#comment-12712 the only credible person is vincent. he hasnt lied yet. the only credible person is vincent. he hasnt lied yet.

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]]> By: Dharma Dancer http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/04/scale-of-credibility/#comment-12707 Dharma Dancer Fri, 01 May 2009 17:52:13 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=3555#comment-12707 The only credible ones as far as I'm concerned are the creepy people who like secrets and never have time to explain anything (like Christian, Richard, Jacob). Everybody else either has no idea what's going on or lie through thier teeth. And I know you mean that everybody has thier own "expertise" if you will, but if you think about it, Juliet's field was baby's and she couldn't figure out what was going on with the pregnant women on the island. All I'm saying is nothing is what it seems. The only credible ones as far as I’m concerned are the creepy people who like secrets and never have time to explain anything (like Christian, Richard, Jacob). Everybody else either has no idea what’s going on or lie through thier teeth. And I know you mean that everybody has thier own “expertise” if you will, but if you think about it, Juliet’s field was baby’s and she couldn’t figure out what was going on with the pregnant women on the island. All I’m saying is nothing is what it seems.

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]]> By: highbrow http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/04/scale-of-credibility/#comment-12686 highbrow Fri, 01 May 2009 14:00:35 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=3555#comment-12686 This would work in the real world. On a television show, not so much. Take Faraday for example. You could say that he's an authority on time travel but in season five alone he's made statements that directly contradict each other. First he said whatever happened, happened then he said the people are variables. Jack is on again, off again. He's a drunk, he's a hero, he's a brilliant doctor, trying to change the past by letting a kid die. There are just to many alterior motives at play here (some we don't even know about yet) to really guage the reliability of the information provided by any character. Ben for example. He's a liar but at the same time he probably knows more about what's going on than 99% of the other characters we've met so far. This would work in the real world. On a television show, not so much.

Take Faraday for example. You could say that he’s an authority on time travel but in season five alone he’s made statements that directly contradict each other. First he said whatever happened, happened then he said the people are variables.

Jack is on again, off again. He’s a drunk, he’s a hero, he’s a brilliant doctor, trying to change the past by letting a kid die.

There are just to many alterior motives at play here (some we don’t even know about yet) to really guage the reliability of the information provided by any character. Ben for example. He’s a liar but at the same time he probably knows more about what’s going on than 99% of the other characters we’ve met so far.

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]]> By: cappayne http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/04/scale-of-credibility/#comment-12670 cappayne Fri, 01 May 2009 08:30:42 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=3555#comment-12670 Well Jack is a weird one. Depending on who he is talking to and who/how many people are around, and what he is talking about, I think his credibility can be anywhere from 0-10. I'd put the most credible sources as Richard being a 9.5, and Christian as a 9. I'd say Locke is up there as well, but he may bend the truth about what he knows if it is "in the best interest of the island". Well Jack is a weird one. Depending on who he is talking to and who/how many people are around, and what he is talking about, I think his credibility can be anywhere from 0-10.

I’d put the most credible sources as Richard being a 9.5, and Christian as a 9. I’d say Locke is up there as well, but he may bend the truth about what he knows if it is “in the best interest of the island”.

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