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May 30 2008, 12:15 PM EDT by
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What about Aaron? He has aged. And Alex has aged too.
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May 30 2008, 12:15 PM EDT
I subscribe to the fountain of youth theory. The fact is that the reason Ben ages is because the Island rejects him, proof being his spinal tumor. It embraces Locke, Rose, and Ben's followers. The fountain of youth theory is further evidenced by the fact that women who get pregnant on the island can't give birth. This is because in the second trimester, the baby's are not allowed to age and remain still born. And if you notice, Aaron had only been on the island for 3 months alive and hadn't grown considerably. The fountain theory is pretty tight when you qualify it.
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No basis for fountain of youth
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Mar 27 2008, 12:34 PM EDT by
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Ben grew up on the island, he's aged normally as has Alex who was born on the island. Our losties haven't aged because they've only been there a few months in the show's timeline, although we've been watching for 3 years. And after watching the season finale, it's very obvious that walt has aged 3 years, and probably why he was written out of the show. Arron has probably been played by several babies over the past 3 years, in order to show his aging and growth at a normal rate in accordance to the timeline of the show. The crash happened in 2004 and the losties have only been on the island a few months, so it's still 2004. Fountain of youth doesn't work. Obviously there are healing properties associated with the island, but that doesn't have anything to do with youth.
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Same guy?
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Jun 27 2007, 1:02 PM EDT by
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Thread started: May 18 2007, 10:38 PM EDT
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This may amount to a stupid question....but, was Richard (the dark haired guy in the blue shirt who gave Locke Sawyer's file) the same guy that Ben as a child met in the jungle after he saw his mother?
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Jun 27 2007, 1:02 PM EDT
yes it was... not a stupid question... but tahts a really good point... makes me think
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no foy
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Jun 27 2007, 1:01 PM EDT by
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it has only been 50 or so days on the island, so no one would really age. ben and alex got older, and danielle certainly sounds older than on her rescue message. also, if their is, i bet only a few people can drink it like richard and jacob and stuff... they probably didnt tell ben if this is true..
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fountain of youth theory
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May 28 2007, 8:04 AM EDT by
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There is a book, Lost Horizon, in which a place called "Shangri-La" is found by survivors of a plane crash in the Himalayas. It is a beautiful valley where no one ages, all people rise to their best potential, life is bliss. Has anyone else read it? The survivors eventually leave the valley - one is intent on nothing else but leaving - and go back to their lives. However, one guy spends the rest of his life trying to get back to Shangri-la because he realizes it was the best ever place for him. He does succeed.
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The Fountain of Youth = Prolongivity
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May 18 2007, 9:56 AM EDT by
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Well, they age to a certain degree. The theory for the fountain of youth is basically prolongivity, not necessarily staying very young or stunting/stopping physical growth (read up on this topic online or in books, very interesting). But rather quick healing, time delation, and prolonging life is the concept of the FOY. Remember, that is what The Hanso Foundation is based on: prolonging life, hman enhancement and supposedly bettering the quality of living.
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