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Originally Posted by tenaciousb
time on the island speeds up and slows down based upon the tide
that's why the scientist was able to do calculations to figure it out or at least try to
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Interesting theory, only because "horace the mathematician" might reference Sir Horace Lamb, a British mathematician whose most notable work was on hydrodynamics. However, I can't imagine how they would explain it with any remotely accepted scientific theory (though maybe I need to do some brief research on hydrodynamics).
It may be that they won't try to explain the time issues through scientific theory. However, if they start just pulling things out of their butt and explain it away with nothing more than "because the island has special powers" that's pretty weak for a show that is so intellectual at it's root. I'm willing to accept some mysticism with things like the black smoke, or how the island "wants" certain things to happen. But if the show incorporates so many references to the groundbreaking physics research of the 20th century, it would be weak if they suddenly throw that all out the window.