Quote Originally Posted by aisle_s
I'm trying to find other ones for the other 6 or so stations. After watching the Goblet video and remembering the Swan one, I think that the Dharma Initiative might be (SPOILER)a human nature experiment...to test if a human would go on faith to follow instructions, like Locke is doing with the button?
While this seems like a plausible theory, Jack already exclaimed it way back at the beginning of season 2. This show has never worked like that. It has to be something entirely different. The information that the whole Dharma thing might just be to see if they press the button out of fear is already out in the open.