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Developing Theories
Got a theory in mind, but don't have all the details worked out yet? Need some help from the always-creative fans? Post your ideas in a comment and others can add thoughts and suggestions. When you think you have a good case built up, add your theory to the main list and give it a page of its very own.
L.O.S.T = Land Of Scientific Testings? are they really there for any other particular reason
Theories in Progress
DHARMA Goal
In the video tape of the Pearl, it is said that the Drahma Initiative worked on six disciplines: meteorology, electromagnetism, psychology, parapsychology, zoology and another discipline related to utopy. Here is a big coincidence: Six numbers, six disciplines and six stations. What if each discipline was related to one number of the Valenzetti Equation and each station was an experiment about one discipline? ( the Pearl would be electromagnetism) These experiments would solve the Valenzentti equation and the Initiative would be able to prevent humanity from destroying itself.
why they got chosen out of all the other people in the world
why a plane crash..... government testings for scientific reasons......
The "Just What It Says" Theory - As stated in the Pearl orientation film, everything on the island is a different experiment currently being carried out by the Hanso Foundation. The Hansos found a unique island with many strange and exploitable properties, and are using it in their studies on zoology, social utopia, meteorology, etc.
Gaia Theory - The Earth and The Island are like a living organism, controlling the fates and lives of the Lost.
Medical Project Gone Awry - What if all the stations got infected with a disease that made "the others" stay on the island?
Belly of the Beast - Are they all in the belly of the Monster?
The Valenzetti Equation - Could a series of numbers be counting down to the end of time?
New Age Cult - Are The Others the remnants of a scientific cult or commune?
No Theory - What if there is no reasoning behind the events?
Vaccine Theory - The island is actually an experiment based around the vaccine, with other events used as excuses to invite and keep ts.
Evolution - Is everything that is happening on the island, and everything relating to the Hanso Foundation, designed to achieve one ultimate purpose: to trigger the next evolutionary phase of mankind into higher beings?
Mental Patients - The Losties are fellow patients in a mental institution.
The New Gods - The island is a psychic generator, able to alter reality at the slightest whim of its inhabitants. A strong, disciplined mind could make the island a paradise in his image; a madman could make it a living Hell. Aware of the island's power, the Others have chosen(?) a life of strict discipline to create a safe, predictable, boring life, where non-conformity is the greatest sin; the vaccine somehow inhibits their ability to influence the island. Along come the Survivors - drug addicts, madmen/women, a cripple with delusions of grandeur, a child with a chaotic but powerful imagination, and a slew of murders and thugs. Their undisciplined minds threaten the safety of everyone on the island, possibly even the planet. Those that are worthy of 'godhood' must be culled and properly trained, while the rest are dealt with...permanently.
The Village Theory - This is similar to the concept shown in the movie "The Village". The Others are living on this island and trying to avoid contact with the external world. They were earlier associated with the Hanso Foundation which was to do research on various science and social sciences, and an "incident" happenned -- I think the incident involves around them finding an actual magnetic anamaloy they found. The project was scrapped, and an actual station developed to counter the magnetic anamoly, which was where they pressed the button every 108 minutes. They wanted to keep this thing secret from everybody in the rest of the world, so that the initiative to counter the anamoly does not fall under political pressures or conflicts (one such is Desmond's girlfriend, whose father might turn out to be the Big Villain of this all). The four-toed statue was part of some other failed hanso project. So were the animals under study in the cages. Because of the anamoly, planes never happen to reach here, and water currents swirl around, so its difficult to go away. At present, the only a few among the Others are aware of the magnetic anamoly that they need to guard, and they are pretending to the rest of their gang that everybody else that comes from outside the island is infected with a disease. And thus they plan to live there forming a society for ages.
Failed Government Research Facility- Consider the following information. There are 2 Islands, there are Multiple Hatches, there is at least one observational point that monitors hatches, there are tanks for the containment of animals that do not belong in the regions, and there are some other points. Consider this theory. In the late 70's, a government discovers the magnetic fields in a particular region. Governments being curious during such a time period setup a reaserach facility to monitor and experiment with these anomolies. Something goes wrong, people start to die, or are becoming neglected and know it. The government, protecting its identity, discontinues the experiment and removes the ability to reach the outside world. This explains a few things. The lack of a larger group of people, the pressence of a military individual, the reason for housing (the others lived there) , the purpose of Docks. The government, secretly still drops supplies to the people in hopes that they dont tottaly abandon them. There is a second Island, it is not in use by anyone. I know this because the Polar bears escaped from the cages that sawyer was in, they did not transport Sawyer on a boat or plane, the Polar bears are on the same island the cages are, so are the losties. The second island is just another island. If it was the late 70s or early 80s, Ben/Henry would have been perfect to head up the location.
Non-failed scientific experiment - The Others are actually the descendants of the original experimenters. (Ben said he'd lived on the Island "all his life.") The Dharma training video got edited when it was referring to electromagnetism and what could possibly have been "utopian societies." The original experimenters could be off the island somewhere (possibly on the island Ben showed Sawyer. Possibly the same place he refers to as "home") monitoring their offspring, and the Others could be acting in the only way they were shown...by experimenting on everything and everyone.
why a plane crash..... government testings for scientific reasons......
The "Just What It Says" Theory - As stated in the Pearl orientation film, everything on the island is a different experiment currently being carried out by the Hanso Foundation. The Hansos found a unique island with many strange and exploitable properties, and are using it in their studies on zoology, social utopia, meteorology, etc.
Gaia Theory - The Earth and The Island are like a living organism, controlling the fates and lives of the Lost.
Medical Project Gone Awry - What if all the stations got infected with a disease that made "the others" stay on the island?
Belly of the Beast - Are they all in the belly of the Monster?
The Valenzetti Equation - Could a series of numbers be counting down to the end of time?
New Age Cult - Are The Others the remnants of a scientific cult or commune?
No Theory - What if there is no reasoning behind the events?
Vaccine Theory - The island is actually an experiment based around the vaccine, with other events used as excuses to invite and keep ts.
Evolution - Is everything that is happening on the island, and everything relating to the Hanso Foundation, designed to achieve one ultimate purpose: to trigger the next evolutionary phase of mankind into higher beings?
Mental Patients - The Losties are fellow patients in a mental institution.
The New Gods - The island is a psychic generator, able to alter reality at the slightest whim of its inhabitants. A strong, disciplined mind could make the island a paradise in his image; a madman could make it a living Hell. Aware of the island's power, the Others have chosen(?) a life of strict discipline to create a safe, predictable, boring life, where non-conformity is the greatest sin; the vaccine somehow inhibits their ability to influence the island. Along come the Survivors - drug addicts, madmen/women, a cripple with delusions of grandeur, a child with a chaotic but powerful imagination, and a slew of murders and thugs. Their undisciplined minds threaten the safety of everyone on the island, possibly even the planet. Those that are worthy of 'godhood' must be culled and properly trained, while the rest are dealt with...permanently.
The Village Theory - This is similar to the concept shown in the movie "The Village". The Others are living on this island and trying to avoid contact with the external world. They were earlier associated with the Hanso Foundation which was to do research on various science and social sciences, and an "incident" happenned -- I think the incident involves around them finding an actual magnetic anamaloy they found. The project was scrapped, and an actual station developed to counter the magnetic anamoly, which was where they pressed the button every 108 minutes. They wanted to keep this thing secret from everybody in the rest of the world, so that the initiative to counter the anamoly does not fall under political pressures or conflicts (one such is Desmond's girlfriend, whose father might turn out to be the Big Villain of this all). The four-toed statue was part of some other failed hanso project. So were the animals under study in the cages. Because of the anamoly, planes never happen to reach here, and water currents swirl around, so its difficult to go away. At present, the only a few among the Others are aware of the magnetic anamoly that they need to guard, and they are pretending to the rest of their gang that everybody else that comes from outside the island is infected with a disease. And thus they plan to live there forming a society for ages.
Failed Government Research Facility- Consider the following information. There are 2 Islands, there are Multiple Hatches, there is at least one observational point that monitors hatches, there are tanks for the containment of animals that do not belong in the regions, and there are some other points. Consider this theory. In the late 70's, a government discovers the magnetic fields in a particular region. Governments being curious during such a time period setup a reaserach facility to monitor and experiment with these anomolies. Something goes wrong, people start to die, or are becoming neglected and know it. The government, protecting its identity, discontinues the experiment and removes the ability to reach the outside world. This explains a few things. The lack of a larger group of people, the pressence of a military individual, the reason for housing (the others lived there) , the purpose of Docks. The government, secretly still drops supplies to the people in hopes that they dont tottaly abandon them. There is a second Island, it is not in use by anyone. I know this because the Polar bears escaped from the cages that sawyer was in, they did not transport Sawyer on a boat or plane, the Polar bears are on the same island the cages are, so are the losties. The second island is just another island. If it was the late 70s or early 80s, Ben/Henry would have been perfect to head up the location.
Non-failed scientific experiment - The Others are actually the descendants of the original experimenters. (Ben said he'd lived on the Island "all his life.") The Dharma training video got edited when it was referring to electromagnetism and what could possibly have been "utopian societies." The original experimenters could be off the island somewhere (possibly on the island Ben showed Sawyer. Possibly the same place he refers to as "home") monitoring their offspring, and the Others could be acting in the only way they were shown...by experimenting on everything and everyone.
Galapogos meets Gilligan's Island - It is a strange island with strange inhabitants and John Locke plays out the role of Gilligan, sabotaging every effort to get off the island.
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| anjiaoshi | Whatever Island wants, Island gets | 0 | Jun 15 2007, 1:37 PM EDT by anjiaoshi | |
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Thread started: Jun 15 2007, 1:37 PM EDT
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A few disjointed hypotheses that might add up to a real theory:
- The Island has the power to influence events in the world and to bring things that it "wants" (or that the people on it want), such as Locke's father, a spinal surgeon for Ben, pregnant women, etc. Somehow, the energy of the Island is such that it can influence causality. - Charlie is dead. But not everyone who dies on the Island dies permanently -- for example, Mikhail and Locke. If the Island needs people, or if people have some special sort of connection with the Island, it resurrects them, or at least allows them to heal at an accelerated speed (Locke's bullet wound, Ben's recovery from surgery). Someone commented earlier about the Others' not aging; perhaps they are in fact immortal. The Island's being a sort of Fountain of Youth would certainly be a secret worth protecting. It may also come with "karmic drawbacks." For example, when the Losties leave the island, and Jack says they weren't supposed to, perhaps they've all brought Hurley's bad luck back with them -- with a vengeance. Also, the monster may be a side effect of this "bad karma." The Others want "good people" because good people don't incur the wrath of the monster, while people with guilty consciences do. - Surely the name of the Dharma Initiative is important. Dharma is the path of proper living. The Hanso Foundation discovered an island that actually punishes people who have done wrong, and set it up as a station for the scientific study of virtuous living. That the Others have survived is "proof of their virtue." Ben's loss of connection to the Island puts him at risk. - The Dharma Initiative (good?) and Pa Widmore (evil?) are rivals. The discovery of the Island by evil people such as Widmore would unleash seriously bad and wrathful forces. |
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| haleys | Developing theory | 0 | Jun 6 2007, 7:38 PM EDT by haleys | |
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Thread started: Jun 6 2007, 7:38 PM EDT
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Could this be an internet role playing game? The cast is international, many are connected (games are often played by teams), some return from the dead (in some games you build up points to become invincible), some may have played the game up to a certain point and then had to start over (Desmond knowing what is coming next), some are obsessive about the game - Locke, because he can be and do all the things he cannot in real life; some are addicted - Jack has an addictive and obsessive personality - started playing as stress relief from his work as a spinal surgeon - became addicted to the program.
Let's imagine they were "saved" - end of game - They can start another game but they must find the island and the virtual plane must crash in the same area (see Jack's home with maps on floor, calipers - messy house - he is obsessed with finding his way back to the virtual reality of lost. Could the man who died in NY be the Game master - the one who directs and organizes play. Or could it be another addicted player who committed suicide - someone Jack doesn't know personally but who had the same addiction to gaming. Google: Massive multiplayer role playing games to discover some amazing information that connects with this series. Millions are involved with role playing games on the internet. There can be extensions to the game - e.g. started with the losties, then the tailies, then the others - some portions of the game can restrict a group to a certain area (the looking glass hatch) Sometimes there are raids on other groups - end of this season The more I read about these games, the more I can fit the program into my theory. Players in some role playing games earn points by fishing (Jin); In some types of games - certain players can communicate with each other and other players hear this as whispers; some players come in, play for a short time and die quickly - the man with the nitro who blew up Can't wait for next yr. |
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| Suicidal | 4 toes? | 0 | May 22 2007, 6:46 PM EDT by Suicidal | |
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Thread started: May 22 2007, 6:46 PM EDT
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Could Ben possibly be a part of the past group that built the statue with 4 toes? Could Ben have 4 toes?
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| m4gd4l3n | Cutting the Cable would have been Far Too Easy | 0 | May 22 2007, 12:17 PM EDT by m4gd4l3n | |
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Obviously the cable leading out to the submerged jamming station carries neither the electricity that powers the station nor the signal that jams transmissions. The station has a uber-special underwater antenna and a nuclear fission power plant. That cable is really only so the underwater machinegun girls can link up to Mikael's computer and play chess. Anyway, the dynamite they were using in the tents could never cut such a cable, obviously, so there would have been no way to cut it.
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| Anonymous | What if... | 1 | May 19 2007, 3:55 PM EDT by Anonymous | |
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Thread started: May 17 2007, 2:54 PM EDT
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ok...my idea is similar to the Truman theory...but not the same. What if the Dharma Initiave was initially there to help out the world in case of some massive nuclear event? So they recruited these people who were willing to live in this Biosphere type place and were doing everything necessary to sustain life there. This included psychological tests that would alter perception of events or things (wouldn't you freak out at times knowing you were under the ocean in a bubble?). At times, the island would be above water, but then some type of retraction device (yes, I know it would have to be massive) could close up and submerge the island underwater (henceforth, turn the key and it all would go away) therefore, the hatches all over the island...if this dome sprung a leak then all could head to one of the sealed hatches for safety until rescue could arrive. This could also explain why they have to have a submarine to get to the island and why no radio devices are transmitting with any outside response. In addition, about the flashbacks and all their connections...I'm trying to recall, if (other than Locke and Sawyer)...have any of the other island inhabitants realized that they have any connections?? Have any of the characters come out and said Oh my goodness, I know you from such and such? If not, then possibly, these are not flashbacks at all, but dreams that Locke is having on interactions of the other characters, as he seems to be a key figure in this all. However, I can't explain why Locke can walk now and some other things......let me know where I am going with all this!
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