Inigo Montoya
03-10-2006, 12:02
I'm trying to wrap my head round a few things regarding Lost and hope people will read this and let me know just how crazy my theories are :cuckoo:
Starting with a few so called "facts" that are floating around...
It appears that the six "bad luck" numbers are factors in an equation predicting the end of the world (from reading the lost experience - the numbers thread) and that the Dharma initiative had tried to change at least one of those factors/numbers to prevent this from happening (completely ridiculous mythology IMO but there you go)
It appears at one point they got desperate in their quest to change the numbers so they decided to release/test a 30% lethal virus on the island (*) which goes some way to explaining rosseau saying her colleagues got sick, the vaccine/claire's baby, desmond & hatch pal wearing protective gear etc ... (* as can be confirmed if you watch the Hanso/Dharma video on youtube)
Also I am sure this must have been mentioned before but the six factors/numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 which had to be entered into the computer - add up to 108 which was the number of minutes between key presses in the hatch
And now is where I start with my own dumb and outlandish theories ...- I've just re-read what I wrote below and Im definately certifiable ...
One could therefore consider the possibility that the (electro)magnetic effects that were seen in the hatch could be in some way due to some form of (perhaps malfunctioning) system created by the Dharma initiative which was another attempt to change/influence the doomsday equation
Also IIRC in one episode of Lost a flashback story is provided of the black lady and how she went to the Australian outback to meet a healer to see if he could cure her terminal cancer - the healer explained that certain points on the earth were special and that it was possible for him to channel the "geological energy" (was that the term he used ?) directly below them in order to cure the cancer - however when he tried to cure her he looked shocked and if IIRC he said this wasn't the "right" place for her - later in the episode we find that the "right" place appears to be the island as her cancer is cured when she crashes their - this perhaps suggests there are at least two different types of "geological energy" - perhaps like there is a north and south pole for magnetism & a +ve and -ve charge for electricity (island energy being "negative/bad" with regards to the doomsday equation maybe)
Perhaps then if there is/was a Dharma created system in the hatch then it could be harnessing/storing/dissapating the same "geological energy" of the island as that responsible for healing the black lady's cancer and locke's legs - obviously at least some of what we saw were (electro)magnetic effects but that could just be a "subset" of the overall energy being harnessed which could explain the other effects such as the extreme noise and blinding light in the final episode of S2 after Desmond turns the key and lets loose all the stored up energy
Furthermore one could see a scenario where the system was created to try to change the numbers but also another scenario where the system was storing or dissapating the islands energy so as to merely delay the date on which the world was predicted to end (by the doomsday equation)
If the latter then when Desmond turned the key (which had a label entitled "terminate system" BTW - IIRC you saw this in an episode where Desmonds original hatch pal was drunk) there is the possibility that the date of the end of the world was "brought foward" because the system was terminated and so stopped delaying it
Now just how mad is that theory :cuckoo:
The other thing that came to mind is the "others" interest in Walts abilities - if you assume as is likely that the "others" are somehow involved in the Dharma initiative then it would suggest that this interest is because they think they may be able to use his abilities to affect the doomsday equation - the only ability i have seen hinted at so far is his ability to appear in more than one place at once so it is not really clear yet how they think Walt can help - perhaps if he can appear simultaneously on the Island and in the Outback at two special but opposite geological energy points on the Earth that may be useful somehow
Starting with a few so called "facts" that are floating around...
It appears that the six "bad luck" numbers are factors in an equation predicting the end of the world (from reading the lost experience - the numbers thread) and that the Dharma initiative had tried to change at least one of those factors/numbers to prevent this from happening (completely ridiculous mythology IMO but there you go)
It appears at one point they got desperate in their quest to change the numbers so they decided to release/test a 30% lethal virus on the island (*) which goes some way to explaining rosseau saying her colleagues got sick, the vaccine/claire's baby, desmond & hatch pal wearing protective gear etc ... (* as can be confirmed if you watch the Hanso/Dharma video on youtube)
Also I am sure this must have been mentioned before but the six factors/numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 which had to be entered into the computer - add up to 108 which was the number of minutes between key presses in the hatch
And now is where I start with my own dumb and outlandish theories ...- I've just re-read what I wrote below and Im definately certifiable ...
One could therefore consider the possibility that the (electro)magnetic effects that were seen in the hatch could be in some way due to some form of (perhaps malfunctioning) system created by the Dharma initiative which was another attempt to change/influence the doomsday equation
Also IIRC in one episode of Lost a flashback story is provided of the black lady and how she went to the Australian outback to meet a healer to see if he could cure her terminal cancer - the healer explained that certain points on the earth were special and that it was possible for him to channel the "geological energy" (was that the term he used ?) directly below them in order to cure the cancer - however when he tried to cure her he looked shocked and if IIRC he said this wasn't the "right" place for her - later in the episode we find that the "right" place appears to be the island as her cancer is cured when she crashes their - this perhaps suggests there are at least two different types of "geological energy" - perhaps like there is a north and south pole for magnetism & a +ve and -ve charge for electricity (island energy being "negative/bad" with regards to the doomsday equation maybe)
Perhaps then if there is/was a Dharma created system in the hatch then it could be harnessing/storing/dissapating the same "geological energy" of the island as that responsible for healing the black lady's cancer and locke's legs - obviously at least some of what we saw were (electro)magnetic effects but that could just be a "subset" of the overall energy being harnessed which could explain the other effects such as the extreme noise and blinding light in the final episode of S2 after Desmond turns the key and lets loose all the stored up energy
Furthermore one could see a scenario where the system was created to try to change the numbers but also another scenario where the system was storing or dissapating the islands energy so as to merely delay the date on which the world was predicted to end (by the doomsday equation)
If the latter then when Desmond turned the key (which had a label entitled "terminate system" BTW - IIRC you saw this in an episode where Desmonds original hatch pal was drunk) there is the possibility that the date of the end of the world was "brought foward" because the system was terminated and so stopped delaying it
Now just how mad is that theory :cuckoo:
The other thing that came to mind is the "others" interest in Walts abilities - if you assume as is likely that the "others" are somehow involved in the Dharma initiative then it would suggest that this interest is because they think they may be able to use his abilities to affect the doomsday equation - the only ability i have seen hinted at so far is his ability to appear in more than one place at once so it is not really clear yet how they think Walt can help - perhaps if he can appear simultaneously on the Island and in the Outback at two special but opposite geological energy points on the Earth that may be useful somehow