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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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