Bill’s Lost Site

We know that Danielle had a daughter named Alex (although most people think it was a son). We haven’t heard much about Alex except that Danielle said the Others took her. That was between 10-16 years ago according to the distress call iterations (which we really don’t know how accurate it is).

Anyway, I found it very interesting that in the episode a few weeks back, our bearded buddy who took Walt says, “I hoped it wouldn’t come to this. Bring her out, Alex!” referring to Kate who was captured by them.

Now, we don’t see who brought out Kate so this is pure speculation. But, we do know that the last time we saw Zeke he was in the company of what appeared to be twins and a younger looking girl.

Is it possible that this is Danielle’s Alex? Was she on the boat when Walt was taken? Was she the one that brought out Kate?

For those that are curious here is the latest episode schedule. The titles for the episodes are tentative:

2/1 - Numbers (Rerun)
2/8 - The Long Con
2/15 - One of Them
2/22 - Maternity Leave
3/1 - Rerun
3/8 - Rerun
3/15 - Rerun
3/22 - Before the End
3/29 - To Have the Rainbow
4/5 - Untitled
4/12 - Rerun
4/19 - Rerun
4/26 - Untitled
5/3 - Untitled
5/10 - Untitled
5/17 - Untitled
5/24 - Finale

This list is provided by Matt Rags from the Fuselage

Here is the bombshell posting that you have all been waiting for - Libby is a plant. Here are the reasons why I believe this to be the case.

In the episode titled “The Other 48 Days” we learn about the tail section of the airplane. The opening scenes show the crash. Libby is introduced to us then. She is warm, compassionate, a real take charge person (she resets a guy’s broken leg). She also is responsible for taking care of the children.

The second attack from the Others it appears that Libby was still watching the kids. She is the first to report their absence. She then also notices that Nancy is gone.

Libby then suggests that they all move off the beach and into the jungle. She and Goodwin both agree on that plan.

Libby then later confides in Ana Lucia by saying, “Back at the beach — the night they came back — you said that Nathan was gone for 2 hours? That he was missing? Creeps me out, Ana. Do you really think it’s possible that one of us is one of them?” This validated Ana Lucia’s belief that Nathan as the plant - not Goodwin.

When debating about whether Nathan is one of the Others Libby says, “He never talks about himself, Nathan. Every time I ask him anything, he just dodges.”

Of course, we find out later that Nathan was not one of the Others but in fact Goodwin was. Transcript from the Episode

OK - so she is a bad judge of character in terms of Nathan and just happened to be the adult that was watching after the kids when they were abducted.

How about last night’s episode? When talking to Hurley something peculiar happens. Hurley thinks that he knows Libby from somewhere. Libby changes the subject. She then responds that they met on the plane when Hurley stepped on her foot while he boarded the plane. She remembers Hurley was the last one on the plane. Hurley does not seem to remember stepping on Libby’s foot.

So, how does all this point to Libby being one of the Others? The big clue in my opinion was that Hurley stepped on Libby’s foot while boarding the plane. We know that Libby was in the tail section of the plane when it crashed. Hurley was not. If Hurley was the last person on the plane and we know he sat in the mid section how did he step on her foot?

Couple of thoughts on how Hurley might have stepped on her foot - one is she was in the back of the plane when the plane fell apart but her seat may have been somewhere else. She could have been waiting for the restroom or visiting with someone at a different seat location. Another, Hurley may have had to stow his carry-on luggage in the back of the plane if the overhead bins were all full near his seat. One other point - Hurley may know Libby from the psych ward since she did say she was a clinical psychologist.

While it is possible that Libby is just like everyone else, I doubt it. She is part of the experiment and that is where Hurley knows her from.

Not my favorite episode. Definitely driven by Charlie’s flashback. Not sure that we learned much about the island. Here are my observations:

1. Charlie’s mom refers to Charlie as being “special”. Several people on the island have been called “special”.

2. Liam’s quote in Charlie’s dream is very peculiar. He says, “Come on baby brother. You can’t save your family if you don’t play.” In a way Charlie has ruined his family up to this point by using his musical talents. Will the music ultimately redeem him and his family?

3. Dad is cutting up meat telling the boys they need to learn a trade. Then the dad takes a doll and chops the head off.

4. Just an FYI in case you missed it - Charlie’s niece (Liam’s daughter) is named Megan. Liam’s wife is Karen. The baby was named after the boy’s mom.

5. In the next dream Charlie sees Claire and his mom in an arrangement similar to several classic Catholic paintings. They are both repeating that the child is in danger and Charlie has to save the baby. There is then the sound of the Beechcraft going down with an explosion that happens off screen. Then the dove flies in and out of the picture.

6. Something that hit me - I think Libby might be a plant from the Others. I’ll discuss this in another posting though.

7. You know Driveshaft has hit hard times when they are forced to dress up as babies and lip sync their song in order to sell diapers. Ouch.

8. Why does Echo mark the trees? He tells Charley that these are the trees that he likes. Huh? Also, I believe that this is the place that Charlie started the fire at.

9. More tarps. Ana Lucia is using a spare tarp for her shelter. Charlie has one to cover up his statues.

10. Locke says something very interesting. When Claire tells him that Charlie thinks Aaron is in danger Locke’s response is, “There isn’t any danger Claire.” Hummm. Lady drowns, pilot gets yanked out of plane, Arntz blows himself up with dynamite, Claire is abducted, Ethan is shot, Scott has every bone broken in his body. Ana Lucia shot Shannon, Boone fell from a plane, Walt is now missing, Michael is hunting for Walt with a weapon. Did I mention the polar bears? I hate to disagree with Locke but I think there is plenty to be afraid of.

11. When they are putting out the fire we see several large metal pots being used to transport sand/water. What in world would pots like that being doing on an airplane?

12. Man did Locke whoop up on Charlie. I know Charlie weighs less than a hundred pounds soaking wet but wow. The old man can still pop a guy when he needs to.

13. An interesting side note - according to Catholic theology - would the baptism that Echo performed be valid? I need to look that one up.

14. Locke is shown tinkering with the lock again to what appears to be the gun room.

15. Why didn’t Locke destroy the statues? Why bring them into the hatch and store them?

That’s it. Any other items? Feel free to comment below.

Bearded guy is talking with Jack, Locke and Sawyer about curiosity. He says:

“Since the dawn of our species man’s been blessed with curiosity … ” Transcript

That sounds very similar to this quote:

“From the dawn of our species, Man has been blessed with curiosity. Our most precious gift, without exception, is the desire to know more - to look beyond what is accepted as the truth and to imagine what is possible.”

You can Google the quote or check your favorite quote book. I’ll save you the time. Check the link on this blog for the Hanso Foundation. When you get to the Hanso site read the quote on the page.

Looks like our bearded guy is a devout follower of Alvar Hanso.

So, there is this guy Locke on the island. Box company collection supervisor by day and super-hero of our mystery island by night. Seems like every episode I am left asking myself, “How in the world does Locke know so much?”.

This post will be an on-going post based off feedback that I receive. My hope is that by the time we document everything Locke knows or does we will have a better understanding of his real background.

In no particular order here is what Locke can do:
— Hunt boars
— Skin boars
— Cook boars
— Collect water off plants
— Make glue out of plant stuff
— Make stuff that causes people to have really bad mental trips
— Ties up Boone in a very particular way after giving Boone the head trip stuff
— Quotes extensively from ancient history
— Speaks a little Italian
— Knows how to set a fuse in a stick of dynamite
— Built massive piece of equipment to try to break into the hatch
— Makes ropes
— Built a cradle for Claire’s baby
— Can track humans
— Great shot - flashback scene he bags a bird on his first shot
— Cleans and maintains all weapons ranging from hand guns to assualt rifles
— Knows how to install a lock on the gun room in the hatch
— Can seriously fight - whoops up on Charlie
— Knows how to take a lock apart and change the combination
— NEW from MamaMia - Locke is able to do this with just a single kidney
— NEW from Amber - Locke is able to predict when it will rain - usually in 3 seconds or less
— NEW - Locke is a literary critic

I consider all of these things unique since I can’t do a single one of them. Further, from what we know about Locke’s past he was a foster child. He mentioned that he was an outcast. He worked in a toy store and at a box company. Oh, and for the past 4 years he was paralyzed from the waist down.

Now some of these items you can learn from a book. But others … you have to actually do it.

So, post your comments about other things that Locke has done. He is truly an amazing character.

Faithful reader Mike emailed me with some interesting information using Google Earth (which, by the way, if you haven’t used it yet you are really missing out). Anyway, he drew a 1200 mile diameter around coastal Nigeria to see how far the plane could go prior to it crashing on our island. There is an island called Annonbon that showed up. The island appears to have similar topographical and fauna to what our island is showing. Click HERE for a great picture of the island.

Of course, the problem is that this island and islands around it aren’t anywhere near the South Pacific. So this leads us to one of the major questions so far. How did our Lostie’s end up off of Africa OR how did the Nigerian plane end up in the South Pacific?

Here is what we know: The corporate headquarters for the Hanso Foundation appear to be in Denmark. However, from the cease and desist letter from the GHO, the writer references an Off-Shore facility on the island of Zanzibar (click HERE for the Zanzibar site). They reference this island because of a recent disease that is breaking out in the Congo. The GHO believes whatever is happening on this island led to the outbreak of the disease in the Congo (similar plot line to the Jurassic Park books - though not the movies).

Zanzibar and the surrounding islands are well within the range of our drug smuggling airplane. The climate and topography of the island are also very similar to our Lost island. Is it possible that, like Jurassic Park, Zanzibar is where the main facilities are BUT another more remote island is where our Losties are stuck?

This suggestion makes even more sense if you buy into the theory that our Losties have had their memory modified. If their memories were implanted then they didn’t leave from Australia - the island doesn’t have to be in the South Pacific.

Since I am a big believer in this theory I am now making my official prediction - our island is somewhere off the East Coast of Tanzania near the island of Zanzibar.

Sorry for the delay … took awhile to get this posted.

Overall a good episode. Nothing groundbreaking, at least on the surface. However, there were some interesting moments. Here are my thoughts in the order they appeared in the episode:

1. Jack’s dad is still working with Jack at the time of the flashback. He apparently hasn’t had his run in with the drunk surgery yet. We know that this flashback was at least 2 1/2 years after Shannon’s dad died in Jack’s OR.

2. Interesting dialog between Jack and Michael about the computer. Here we have Michael who believes he has communicated with his son through it. Presumably the computer provided instructions on where Walt was. Yet Michael’s dialog with Jack makes it look like the computer is evil. Here is the quote:

“No, but I’ll shoot your damn computer. That thing isn’t what you think it is anyway. You don’t understand, man. You don’t have any idea.”

Michael then leaves Locke and Jack in the gun locker knowing that there is a chance that nobody may return in time to reset the code. That’s a pretty big risk to take unless you are sure that the code is irrelevant.

3. My big question for this episode is the role that Locke played. I am not sure he was knocked out by Michael. Further, I don’t think he was tracking Michael. Remember back to the first couple of episodes in season 1 when Locke knocked out Sayid as Sayid was trying to locate the source of the distress call. Locke then covered up his actions until much later. It wouldn’t surprise me if Michael went to Locke and explained what he was planning on doing. Knocking out Locke was part of the plan to make it look real.

4. Combination to the gun lock was again mentioned. Right 3 times to 25, left 2 times to 29, right once to 40. Second time the combination is used in an episode.

5. Gabriella knew about Jack marrying the woman he fixed. The question is how would she know that? Has significant time passed between the marriage and the surgery in Jack’s flashback? That time factor is relevant as we attempt to figure out how long ago Shannon’s dad died.

6. Jack doesn’t have any tattoos in his flashback scene. That means the tattoos were put on after his separation from Sarah but before he crashed on the island.

7. Watching the Locke tracking sequence I’m hesitant to say that Locke actually followed Michael. Did Locke lead them somewhere else in order for Jack to meet one of the “Others”?

8. Locke’s quote about bringing back Michael was very interesting and again shows his hesitancy to find Michael. He tells Jack, “Who are we to tell anyone what they can and can’t do?” Was that Locke’s rationale for letting Michael go and for not tracking him in the first place?

9. Did Jack’s dad have an affair? Jack’s dad is lecturing Jack about getting too close to Gabriella when Jack says, “And you would know dad.”.

10. Sawyers legal name is James Ford. That is mentioned once in season 1 – forgot about it though.

11. 7 shots were fired – however, only 3 casings were found. Did the others shoot the remaining 4 shots? Were those even Michael’s casings? Locke says they are but were the shots fired to lead Locke to a specific location.

12. The guy from the “Others” (hereafter referred to as “The Guy”) knew Jack’s first name as well as Locke’s first and last name. He never mentions Sawyer’s name.

13. The Others have some sharp shooters. They managed to hit Sawyer but only graze him. Nice shootin’!

14. “The Guy” said that Michael won’t find the Others. Again, a clue that Locke wasn’t leading the group after Michael. Most likely, Michael didn’t fire those shots either. I doubt he was shooting into the air and since Michael won’t find the Others it stands to reason he didn’t just bump into them an hour or so ago. The shots were fired to lead the group to that specific location.

15. Geromino Jackson was the name of the artist that Hurley and Charlie were talking about. I need to research to find out if that is a real artist or made up.

16. “The Guy” said, “Walt’s fine. He’s a very special boy.” Similar to how Goodwin described the people that the “Others” took from the tail section.

17. “The Guy” also said, “This is not your island.” I would use similar terminology discussing a rat maze with the lab rat. This is not your maze – it’s mine. Just because you live in it – just because you find some cheese in it – does not make this maze yours. The island is the controlled environment where the scientists pull all of the strings.

18. “The Guy” also set out a dividing line telling Jack and Co. to stay on their side of the line and there won’t be any problems. Danielle in Season 1 was leading the group to the Black Rock. As she was walking she stops near a tree that has a piece of material hanging from it. She then calls the area they are going into the “Dark Territory”.

19. Why didn’t the “Others” keep Kate or for that matter – Jack, Locke, and Sawyer? Were they not on the list?

We know from the last episode that it appears Michael and Walt are communicating via the terminal in the Swan hatch. However, look more carefully and you will see how problematic that is.

First, we start with the fact that Desmond in over 3 years didn’t have anyone to chat with on the computer. When asked, he responded by saying that all he did was enter the code every 108 minutes.

Second, the first time Michael sits down to the computer, literally within a minute or two, the screen comes alive with what appears to be Walt.

Third, Michael a second time takes a shift in the hatch. He makes sure everyone is out of the hatch and then bangs on the keyboard, nothing happens. He then says, “Where are you?”. The computer promptly fires up and dialog between Michael and Walt starts.

Fourth, Walt types 107 words a minute without a mistake.

Fifth, when Jack comes around to talk to Michael the screen is blank.

Now, those are the facts based off what we have seen. Now let me explain some of my issues.

First, Walt would have to be at a location with a terminal that can connect to the swan station. On top of that, he would have to access the machine without whoever knowing (or at least that’s what we’re led to believe). Next, he somehow knows when Michael is sitting at the terminal since the other computer ALWAYS initiates the conversation. Then Michael turned off the monitor when Jack walked around to see the screen - without Jack or us - seeing him do it. Finally, this communication occurs after we find out that explicit instructions forbid the use of the computer for anything other than entering the numbers.

That’s a lot of if’s.

How about a more simple approach? Michael is losing it. Whether it’s through grief, fatigue, or some illness, Michael is just imagining the text appearing on the screen.

Here’s another one … the “Others” or the scientists are pretending to be Walt. Knowing that posing as Walt could lure Michael away from the group this tends to make sense. The problem is why would they want Michael? They could have taken him when they took Walt. I don’t really have a good answer to that.

Anyway, there you have it. A little analysis on what I think is going on with the computer.

I had never heard of a solo race around the world. I get tired walking up steps. Traversing the world seems like hard work to me.

From the ABC message boards I saw a post regarding BOC. It is a solo yacht race that literally goes around the world. The race occurs every four years. The route takes the travelers around the southern tip of Australia. Here is a link to the actual map: Map

Doesn’t sound like a sport that I would get into. Click HERE to see how the competitors have fared over the years. You will notice that there are lots of wrecks. Also I worry when I read the word sunk. That can’t be good. Seems to happen more than one would like to see.

Of further note, there is a competitor named Desmond that is English. In 1982 when he was racing guess what happened to him? Yup … he crashed into an island while sleeping. Take another guess … where do you think he crashed? Right again … a small island near Australia/New Zealand.

There is an interesting article that talks about these races and features Desmond about half-way down. It comes from The Guardian.

Now, does this have any tie into lost? Probably not directly. Is it possible that the writers came across this story and thought about tying it into our mystery island? Very possible.

From the experts (an airplane dealer that posted on the ABC Site) … the plane in question was a Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor. The plane was in production between 1936 and 1969. Most are configured for 6 passengers.

The range on the plane is approximately 1200 miles. Assuming that it did not refuel here is a map that shows the approximate distance the plane could travel Click Here

Of course, if you factor in the possibility that the plane would gas up along the way then you are bound only by making sure that you never strayed further than 1200 miles from an airport.

Long and short of it … if the plane left Nigeria carrying drugs then it had to stop multiple times in order to reach somewhere in the South Pacific. Of course, I don’t believe that it was actually headed to the South Pacific from Nigeria but that’s a story for another day …

BTW - why in the world did they keep the dead priest in the plane for such a long trip. To me that seems like excess cargo. Why not drop it out over some jungle or large water area?

The preceding post discussed what we know about the monster. Now let’s talk theories.

There are two competing thoughts on this. One is the “Pull” method while I labeled the other the “Push” method.

The two methods refer to whether the monster is extracting/pulling data from Echo or whether the monster is implanting/pushing memories. They are vastly different theories that present different problems.

On the Pull method we see the monster as something that is able to read our minds. It can extract information from our minds in the form of images. What the monster is doing with that information is anyone’s guess. Is it reporting back to the “Others” information about that person? Is the monster even under control of the Others? Could the monster have been originally contained and then somehow gotten out and now does its own thing?

The Push method is the better theory in my opinion. This theory states that the monster is putting those images into Echo’s head. Echo didn’t really have a brother that died on the drug airplane. That was a planted memory in Echo’s mind. Echo wasn’t really a drug dealer - again another planted memory.

Now, I believe that Echo and Locke weren’t afraid of the monster because it was familiar to them. They don’t know why or how or what it is - but for some reason they have no fear. I believe the monster was used initially to plant memories in Echo’s mind. The monster was used to modify the memories of all our Lostie’s. The flashbacks they have are simply planted memories to reinforce the experience of the island.

Think about it this way … is it more likely that Echo’s drug plane flew from Nigeria to this mysterious island and crashed or that there was a crashed plane on the island and Echo’s memory was adjusted to make the plane have a connection with Echo’s past? Did the island heal Locke’s disability or did Locke simply think he was disabled based off the false memory’s implanted? We do know that modifying someone’s memory is possible and has been done (under categories click on Psychology for some stories on that) in the past.

Finally, I can see a lot of power in being able to plant memories in people’s minds - this would support the Push theory. I have a hard time seeing how the random flashbacks in Echo’s life would really benefit any scientist on the island or the monster for that matter.

In the latest episode Mr. Echo comes face to face with the “monster”. He becomes the 2nd person that we know of that has seen it. There are several facts that are beyond dispute.

First, the monster appears to have great strength since trees fly out of the ground when it appears, trees are pushed around as it travels through the forest (think back to Season 1) and it was strong enough to capture Locke and drag him down a hole.

Second, the monster does not appear to have any mass. If you had to describe the monster most would agree that looked like a cloud of smoke.

Third, the monster was intelligent. The monster moved with purpose, changing it’s shape.

Fourth, the monster showed images from Echo’s past. We don’t know what Locke saw at this point.

Fifth, neither Locke nor Echo appeared scared. Locke went on to say that what he saw was beautiful. Echo, when asked, said he was not afraid.

For those that missed the images in the smoke/cloud/swarm here is a site that captured quite a few of them. They have also adjusted the brightness to help them standout more.

Click HERE to see the images.

Found an interesting website about flight traveling plans. You can put in 2 destinations and the site will show you the prefered air traffic route.

I tried leaving from a random aiport in Nigeria and head over to Australia. The course plotted was a generally southern course that cut well below India and then swung back up to Sydney.

I then tried from Nigeria to Santiago, Chile (the furthest away country in South America). That flight flew directly across the Atlantic over Brazil and into Chile.

The reason why this is so interesting is that we know approximately where our Lostie’s are. They were 3,000 miles or so on their way between Sydney and LA when they changed course for about 1,000 miles heading towards Fiji. That drops them right smack in the middle of nowhere.

My point is, this plane would to have been waaaaaay off course if it ended up on our island. There is no reason, no destination, that makes sense for a travel route for this plane.

Is this another example of a planted memory? I think so.

Here is the link if you want to try some travel routes yourself: Air Traffic Routes

More validation of the memory implant theory …

Locke in season 1 had a dream that included 2 distinct visions. One was that of the Beechcraft crashing into a specific location on the island. The other was of Boone talking about his housekeeper going up the stairs and down the stairs.

How can we explain this?

Locke can see into the past ~ Locke would have to be able to see into the Island’s past (for the plane crash) and into Boone’s past (for the housekeeper). Possible, not very likely.

Or how about the memory was implanted? Boone never had a housekeeper to begin with. That memory was planted in Boone. Locke didn’t dream it - rather his memory was triggered to make him think it was a dream when in fact he was simply recalling a memory.

Great episode … one of my favorites. I won’t discuss the general plotline - you have all seen the episode. Rather, here are the items that I found interesting.

1. This is really a rehash of earlier episodes … just never thought of it before. We have a dozen or so survivors that the show focuses on. One of them is a druggie - not just any type of druggie but a heroine addict. Herione that is taken orally. Now, what are the odds that a plane smuggling heroine crashes on our mysterious island and that Charlie is one of the few people who know about it and discover the drugs?

2. When Echo hears about the statue from Claire he immediately suspects it’s his drugs. Why would he do that? Last thing he knew was that his drug plane was leaving Nigeria. Would you naturally assume that because someone has a statue of the Virgin Mary that it is the statue from Nigeria?

3. For what it’s worth - when Locke is setting the combination to the gun room we see him turn the combination to 25 and then 29. Actually, this isn’t worth much.

4. Locke makes a comment to Michael about silent movies. Michael tells Locke he doesn’t think Locke is old enough to watch silent movies. Locke then says, “I am old enough.” This may be nothing but in light of the Hanso Foundation Life Extension program (which apparently worked) I wonder if there is a connection. Is Locke “older” than we think he is.

5. Locke showing Michael how to use a gun was pretty funny. Michael manages to hit a Costco size jar of mayo from about 20 feet away. Hurray … we have a sniper on our hands. It would have been humiliating had he missed.

6. Where in the world was the drug plane going? Leaving Nigeria I can’t imagine how it ended up in the South Pacific. I’m going to research plane routes and distances in a later post. Watch for that.

7. OK - the highlight of the show. If you ever needed to justify the expense of TIVO, HD, and a Plasma here it is. Echo sees the Monster. I am now convinced more than ever it is a nano swarm (do a search on my blog for other posts on nanotechnology). What was interesting was what appeared in the swarm as Mr. Echo was looking at it. Without TIVO it would probably be impossible to see. Slowing things down to 1/16 speed here is what I saw:

A. Face - couldn’t make out who
B. Church with a cross on top
C. Another face - couldn’t tell who it was but it appeared to have a head-wrap or hat on
D. The head of the man that Echo shot as a child
E. Woman carrying a basket on her head
F. His brother’s face
G. Appeared to be a woman in a floral print … may have also been army guy in camo - hard to tell
H. Holding his brother right after the brother was shot (shows this twice)
I: Crucifix

All that happened in less than 8 seconds and again there may be stuff that I missed. It is a very fair assumption that each of these images were from Echo’s life (although one of my major theories is that these are all implanted memories that are not real). Anyway, more to come on this topic as it deserves it’s own post.

UPDATE: Click HERE to see the images blown up and brightness adjusted. I think they missed a few but at least you can see what the images look like.

8. After the monster appeared Charlie asks why Echo didn’t move - wasn’t he afraid of it. Echo’s response was “I was not afraid of it.” That begs the question why not? The thing was uprooting trees and making a very disturbing sound. The reason he wasn’t afraid … Mr. Echo had seen it before. I don’t think he could place it exactly but for some reason he knew there was no reason to be afraid. Remember Locke is the only other person to come face to face with it. He too was not afraid. In fact his quote was that he saw into the eye of the island and what he saw was beautiful.

9. Another weird thing … right after the swarm left Echo is back to hunting down the plane. Didn’t spend more than 10 seconds thinking about what he just saw. Anyone else notice that he was in a trance like state once the swarm came up to his face?

10. Michael gets his alone time on the computer. He pounds away at the keyboard to no avail. Then he asks “Where are you?”. Immediately the computer fires up with a “message” from Walt. By the way, the only other time someone has used the phrase “Where are you?” (at least that I can remember) was Jack. That was right after Jack saw his deceased dad strolling through the jungle. I think Jack’s dad’s image is very similar to Walt’s (post kidnapping).

11. For those that missed the computer chat between Father and Son here is what the chat looked like. Anytime you see “>:” that would indicate a message from Michael. If the text is not preceded with those characters then the message is coming from Walt (or someone/something posing as Walt).

Dad?
>: Are you O K?
Yes.
Are you alone?
>: Yes.
Can’t talk long. They’re coming back soon.
>: Where are you?
You need to com

There appears to be some text that Michael reads before Jack comes in. However, we don’t see it.

Why would Walt care if his dad was alone?

12. Walt is a speed typer. He manages to type “Can’t talk long. They’re coming back soon.” all in 4 seconds (7 words in 4 seconds would come out to 105 words per minute). First time I tried it took me 7 seconds. I type close to 60 words a minutes. Not too shabby for Walt, a ten year old boy, who hasn’t been near a computer for a month. Blazing speed and no typos. Hmmm.

13. From my wife … she doesn’t think there is anything on the computer screen. Her opinion - Michael is imagining the conversations. Remember when Jack comes around there is nothing on the monitor. Michael could have turned off the monitor - but we don’t see him do it. That would also explain why the chatting starts right away when Michael gets at the computer and why no one else has seen the chatting. Previews for next week appear to show Michael losing it taking out Locke and forcing an armed manhunt to bring Michael back.

14. The next few are more trivial and have nothing to do with advancing the plot line. However, I thought they were funny. Starting with Echo hugging a decomposed corpse. I know it’s his brother and all but seriously … I broke the news to my wife that if I had the chance I would not hug her decomposed body.

15. Why torch the plane? Last check starting a fire surrounded by jungle appears to be a recipe for disaster. Along the same line - isn’t there anything in that plane that was worth salvaging? Sayid is like an A-Team member - he can make a toaster out of scrap metal. There had to be something on that plane worthy of saving.

16. Anyone wonder where all the tarps come from? Seems like everyone has one for their shelter (or multiple tarps for each shelter). I travel by plane all of the time and I can honestly say I have never packed a tarp. I have never seen anyone else pack a tarp. Maybe airplanes are filled with tarps in the baggage area in the event of plane crash on a deserted island in the South Pacific?

That’s it for now. Additional posts on topics from the episode will include:
Mr. Echo’s experience with the swarm - What do we know about the monster?
Beechcrafts - how far they can go
Air travel routes to likely drug drop-off destinations
Is that really Walt talking to Michael

Not sure how this impacts the story but there is a problem …

In the 2nd episode Sayid is able to pick up Danielle’s distress call which has been running on a loop (or in iterations). There were 7,294,531 iterations. Sayid does the math and says that the recording plays for about 30 seconds - that translates to 16 years and 5 months. Here is the transcript

The problem is Sayid’s math and stopwatch are both wrong. At 30 seconds there would actually be 17.6 years that have passed. However, the bigger issue is that the recording was not 30 seconds long. I counted 20 seconds. That would put Danielle on the island for 11.7 years. Also, we are assuming the counter started at 0. I don’t know anything about distress calls but I do know that in databases, model numbers, series numbers, etc you often don’t start with the number 0. If the counter started at 1million (as an example) then Danielle was only on the island for a little over 10 years.

Anyway, the point is that our time estimate for Danielle is off - by about 5 years at least. Did Sayid make the mistake? Did the writers? Or, is it really important to know that it hasn’t been 16 years? Only time will tell.

Pretty simple question … right?

Episode 10 from Season 1: Hurley is taking a census after Claire was attacked. In speaking with Shannon he asks for some basic information. Her response is:

“You want my information. Name: Shannon Rutherford, Age: 20, Address: Craphole Island.” Transcript

OK - easy enough- Shannon is 20. But …

Shannon’s dad died in Jack’s ER room. He was 57 at the time. Transcript
It was at that time when Jack bumped into Desmond running the stairs. Desmond was training for “A race around the world. Impressive, I know.” –same transcript

So far so good. Now we just need to know how old Shannon was when her dad died in that accident. That text for that comes in the episode titled “Abandoned” Transcript
Here is the answer when Boone pours Shannon a drink of alcohol after the funeral. She says, “I’m 18, Boone. Your mom’s going to freak.”

So, it looks like 2 years (and maybe a few months) have passed between Shannon’s father’s death and her being stranded on the island. But then there is this …

We go back to Desmond. Desmond is being quizzed by Jack as to how Desmond ended up in the hatch. Desmond’s answer was, “It was 3 years ago. I was on a solo race around the world, and my boat crashed into the reef, and then Kelvin came.” Transcript

So, Desmond places the death of Shannon’s dad some time further back than 3 years ago.

Either Shannan lied about her age or … Desmond lost track of time or … they all are being experimented upon by having memories implanted. Those memories sometimes cause inconsistencies.

A few more points about this two year period.

Between the time when Shannon was 18 and 20 Jack had operated on his future wife. She had gone through her extensive rehab. She and Jack became engaged. Then they were married. Finally, something else happened to where Jack and his wife are no longer together (divorce/death?). That’s a lot to happen in 2 years.

On Shannon’s side she was living in the states at 18 with no money. Yet, in the next two years she has moved to France for at least 1 year and has had 3 boyfriends that Boone has paid off in order to have them break-up with his sister. Oh, and she was married somewhere in there as well. We just don’t know for how long.

Finally, for Desmond he must have concluded his training, started his solo race, and traveled as far as the mystery island. All of that was supposed to have concluded prior to his crash on the island 3 years ago.

My bet is that at least 4 years have passed between Shannon’s dad dying and our Lostie’s ending up on the island.

This idea also comes from our faithful reader Patti:

If you haven’t done so already make sure you review the Hanso Foundation website. Under Projects there is a section for Life Extension. In the telex (why are they using a telex?) it attributes life extension to a suite of transgenic technologies. To quote the telex:

“… this milestone is clear proof that the suite of transgenic technologies that comprise the Hanso Foundation’s Life-Extension Project will someday help human beings achieve useful lifespans well beyond the current norm.” Click Here for the complete letter.

So what is Transgenic Technologies? Akin to cloning, transgenic studies focus on inserting foreign DNA into a life form to solve a certain problem. As an example, a large number of people get sick while drinking milk because of the contents (or ingredients) in the dairy product. The content for milk is controlled by DNA inside a dairy cow. Transgenic technologies would look at the situation, identify what specifically coded piece of DNA is responsible for the problem and replace it with another code of DNA that produces a different result. Of course, that is a very simplistic example but hopefully it makes sense.

Transgenic studies currently appear more focused on plants/crops than on mammals. However, that shift is changing as scientists toy with growing human organs in pigs, as one current example.

How could this apply to Lost? Thinking conceptually, if you could take out the bad in humans (for example, remove an attribute like anger) what would that do? Or, what if you replaced DNA that controlled strengh and replaced it with DNA from a much stronger animal? Since the show is grounded in science and pseudoscience the possibilities are really endless.

The point is, the Hanso Foundation, hardly a bastion for moral science, has an island full of people that would make great test subjects. They can’t leave, they can’t communicate to the outside world, they have nothing to defend themselves. At the end of the day our Losties could very well be very large lab rats.

This comes to us from Patti - our ever astute Lost fan. In researching Dharma she found the following:

Everyone wants to be happy and no one wants to suffer, but very few people understand the real causes of happiness and suffering. We tend to look for happiness outside ourself, thinking that if we had the right house, the right car, the right job and the right friends we would truly be happy. We spend almost all our time adjusting to the external world, trying to make it conform to our wishes. All our life we have tried to surround ourself with people and things that make us feel comfortable, secure, or stimulated, yet still we have not found pure and lasting happiness.

It is time we sought happiness from a different source. Happiness is a state of mind, so the real source of happiness must lie within the mind, not in external conditions. If our mind is pure and peaceful we shall be happy, regardless of our external circumstances, but if it is impure and unpeaceful we can never be truly happy, no matter how hard we try to change our external conditions. We could change our home or our partner countless times, but until we change our restless, discontented mind we shall never find true happiness.

Full excerpt is found Here.

So, relating to Lost how could this tie in? In the orientation film there was mention of creating a utopian society. When I think of a utopian society I think of a society where there is no crime, everyone lives well, people contribute to the community and feel good about themselves. To date that type of society has never existed. Even if an individual can achieve that level of peace - how can you create a whole community that shares in the experience with you?

My thoughts … what if utopia was a frame of mind that you could be drawn into through drugs, hyponotism, therapy, etc. Instead of creating a community type utopia could you create a utopia in someone’s mind? Regardless of what is going on around them - could someone remain in a perpetual state of happiness? There could be violence and poverty, yet to the person in utopia they are oblivious to what is really going on. They see the world only as utopia. Think about this concept like anti-depressants on steriods. A constant state of utopian bliss. Again - quoting from the Dharma website: Happiness is a state of mind, so the real source of happiness must lie within the mind, not in external conditions.

Food for thought.

This information comes from a few posts I have read. Thought they were interesting readings.

The first article deals with Canadian Moose that were brought to New Zealand almost 100 years ago. It was widely thought that the moose had all died off shortly after being introduced to the hot, humid, New Zealand climate. However, a recent discovery of moose fur confirms that there are still some moose roaming the mountains of New Zealand.

The article also points out that most animals that are taken out of their natural habitat don’t survive for more than a couple of generations. You can read the entire article Here.

The other article that caught my eye came from the BBC. It’s short and sweet. Basically, some polar bears were on exhibit in Singapore when their fur started turning green. The zoologist blamed it on an algae that was prevalent in the tropical climates water. The bears actually look pretty cool. Click Here for the story.

So that leaves us with a question about the polar bears we have seen so far. What makes the most sense is that the bears were brought to the island by the Hanso foundation for testing. My guess is that the bears escaped and are now running around the island. What they eat and why they haven’t turned green I don’t know. What would be really interesting is if the Hanso foundation built a habitat for them that did not include walls or fences. That way the bears could come and cool off and eat in the habitat but they could also explore the island. It would make for a great experiment. And it would be safe ~ as long as you are inside a hatch what’s the big deal if Polar Bears are strolling through the woods?

The Manchurian Candidate was originally a novel written in the late 50’s. The novel then became a classic movie that reviewed the power of brainwashing in creating the perfect assassin.

Further information on the CIA brainwashing program is hard to come by. The programs, known as BLUEBIRD and MKULTRA, ran officially from 1950 to 1964 (how long the programs ran unofficially nobody knows for sure). It appears that in 1973 Senate investigators wanted to know more about these defunct programs. Rather than disclose the classified information the CIA destroyed records relating to MKULTRA.

It appears that the CIA used both willing volunteers as well as unsuspecting American citizens. These individuals were drugged and hypnotized. One such example that came out of the testing proved very chilling. The story goes like this:

A woman who had shown an aversion to using firearms was hypnotized. She was instructed that upon waking she would pick up a gun and shoot another woman participant. After shooting the woman she would fall back to sleep. Woman “X” woke up, took the gun and shot Woman “Y” with an empty gun. Woman “X” then fell back to sleep. Upon waking she was told that she had used a gun to shoot Woman “Y”. She refused to believe that she had engaged in that type of activity. Woman “X” had no recollection of using the gun.

The benefits of creating this type of assassin are abundant. First, the killer has no memory of the event making interrogation useless. The killer also would show no signs of remorse, guilt, or even concern of getting caught. The assassin would not care if he were caught - ramifications for his action mean nothing to him.

There are numerous examples that clearly demonstrate the mind control occured at least on some level. Participants would kill (or at least think they were killing), they could carry out complex sets of instructions that could span days, and the mind control could work on children as well as adults. In each case, upon waking, the time spent under mind control was erased from their memory.

There are some great websites that go into detail about Mind Control. Want To Know Info, Building the Manchurian Candidate book excerpt and The Drug Library.

What does this have to with Lost? Think about the potential of our Lostie’s going through this type of a program. Could Locke have been trained on hunting/wilderness survival and then had that memory erased? Or, how about the Others? Are they human test subjects that are given instructions to perform certain activities? Was someone like Ethan simply carrying out orders for someone else? Did Ethan really seem like he wanted Claire for personal reasons? Anyway, food for thought.

Minor quibble in the writing or is this part of the clues that we are supposed to be looking out for?

There appears to be a discrepancy in the amount of time the Losties were in the air. Several accounts below tell different stories.

In “The Other 48 Days” Ana Lucia becomes suspicious that Nathan (a fellow surivor) is in fact one of the Others. Her suspicions are solidified when he disappears into the jungle to go and releave himself. Ana justifying herself to Bernard for throwing Nathan in a pit then says, “We were in the air for 2 hours - I didn’t see him once - not once.”

Earlier in that same episode Cindy mentions that, “Before the crash, the pilot said we’d lost communication; we were turning back. We were flying for two hours in the wrong direction. ”
Click Here for the transcript.

Was it 2 hours in the air or 2 hours of flying in the wrong direction?

In the Pilot episode Jack, Kate and Charlie search for the nose section of the plane - looking for the transceiver. They come across the pilot of the plane. His account of the events are: “6 hours in. Our radio went out, no one could see us. We turned back to land in Fiji, by the time we hit turbulence we were 1000 miles off course. They’re looking for us in the wrong place.”
Click Here for the transcript.

The Pilot’s version is in line with Cindy’s story. A plane like that would travel around 500mph at a cruising altitude. That would put them 4 hours (and approx 2000 miles) between Sydney and LA when they lost contact with the ground. Then they changed course and started back to Fiji and flew in that direction for 2 hours.

Was Ana Lucia wrong? Seems to me that someone would know the difference between 6 hours in the air compared to 2. Also, since the statements contradicted themselves in the same episode I cannot accept that somehow this flaw got through the editing process. I believe that we were supposed to discover that there was a flaw in the timeline.

Now we know that there is a discrepancy of hours, how would you feel about a discrepancy of days? That post is coming soon.

The Manchurian Candidate was a great movie from the early 60’s depicting the horrors of brainwashing on American troops by Chinese scientists. The story goes like this:

A group of soldiers are captured during the Korean war. They are brought in and brainwashed using very experimental treatments. The brainwashing is so complete that one US soldier shoots another US soldier simply because he was asked to. There was no remorse, no thought, no conscience in the act.

The soldiers were brainwashed to believe that they were not in fact captured. Rather, one member of their group, Raymond Shaw, personally saved the lives of the men. The men were programmed, that when asked, that Raymond Shaw was the best person they ever knew. The problem was that the guys didn’t really like Raymond. Yet the programming was complete that they couldn’t help but respond with what a great guy Raymond was. The brainwashing so successful that there was no doubt about what happened. They had no recollection whatsoever about being captured and brainwashed.

Psychological warfare has been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The battle with the mind takes many forms. Common examples used today include solitary confinement, severe and prolonged interrogations, and denial of any outside stimuli (like reading materials, TV, or radio). These techniques alone can often times create false memories of events.

During the Cold War however, the experiments became more sinister. Suddenly, breaking down a person wasn’t about extracting information, it was changing the reality that the individual felt. Much like the fictional Manchurian Candidate, the CIA, KGB and other intelligence agencies toyed with people’s memories through indoctrination, drugs, and intense therapy.

Official information from these programs is scarce. However, there is some agreement that the experiments never proved effective enough to implement on a broad scale. There was no “full-proof” way to create false memories.

Getting back to Lost … is it possible that the Hanso Foundation was also interested in the potential of altering someone’s memory? It appears that Hanso made his money selling weapons to NATO. Is it also possible that his scientific team resumed earlier attempts at this mind control? Let’s just say that they have unlocked the mystery about memory control. What are some potential ramifications?

Take Locke as an example. So far, from what we know from his flashbacks he was orphaned, raised in a modest environment. By his early 30’s (just a guess on my part) we see him working in a toy store. A little later he is working in a box company as a low level employee. He was involved in an accident or suffered from a disease that limited his ability to walk. He sounds depressed, unstable, and definitely a social outcast.

Now meet the Locke of the island. He can walk. He is a leader. He is a master hunter including an expert in knife throwing. He is wise. He is upbeat. He also cleans assualt weapons found in the hatch and knows how to use one. Without his flashback sequences there would be little doubt that Locke is ex-military/law enforcement, etc. There are allusions to the fact that Locke kind of knows what is going on. Like he has been on the island before.

So, what if Locke’s flashbacks are all implanted memories? What if he had been on the island, trained by the military? What if he could always walk? Would his character now seem more consistent?

You could go down the list of people on the island. Did Kate really kill anyone? Is Hurley really a muti-millionare by playing those crazy numbers on the state lotto. Did Claire’s psychic really see into the future?

There are clues that everyone on the island is brainwashed about what really happened. See the plane crash post for an example of this. Later posts will also point out potential areas of where brainwashing could have taken place.

There are lots of websites about Lost. Some are official sites done by ABC and the producers. Others are extremely well done fansites. This post deals with the offical sites. If you come across any sites that I missed please write in and I will add them to the list.

Official Sites
ABC’s Official Lost Site
Show recaps, the ever famous mystery diary from season one. Even games to play. A very nice resource.

ABC’s Plot Bulletin Board
A decent bulletin board that has lots of theories and ideas. However, the site has terrible search functions and there are way too many OT (off-topic) posts. Add in a few idiots that post all the time and the boards become just OK.

The Fuselage ~ Bulletin Boards by Producer JJ Abrams
The better bulletin board. Organized by show and by character. Easy to navigate and it appears to be much better in terms of filtering out non-Lost content.

Oceanic Airlines Website
Website explains that since the crash of our Lostie’s plane the company is shut down. You can however, see seat assignments for the plane as well as take trivia about past episodes.

The Hanso Foundation
This site has a lot in it (although at first glance it doesn’t appear that way). The home page has a brief introduction. Now click the link for Alvar Hanso. Be patient and wait 30 seconds or so. The text on the page will be replaced with a letter from the Global Health Organization.

Try something else. Click the link again for Alvar Hanso. This time click the picture. A similar image to the computer screen in the Swan hatch appears. It alludes to a “Mole” being on one end of the communication. Once it ends it takes you back to the letter from the GHO.

Finally, go the Projects section. There are 7 projects listed. The bottom 6 are all blocked. One of them is the Electromagnetic Research Initiative. Are the remaining 5 the other 5 stations on the island?
If you move your mouse under the last link you will see a link for the Dharma Initiative. It plays the orientation film found in the hatch.
The real interesting item on this page is the letter associated with the 1st project. The letter talks about Joop, an orangutan that is apparently 105 years old. If you move your mouse to the last line of the letter you will notice that it is actually a link. Click it. You are taken to a scrambled page. In the form entry type the word “Copenhagen” (with a capital “C”) and press Submit. You will be redirected to another letter from the GHO. This one is slightly different. There appears to be a new disease that is spreading in coastal Africa that might be associated with experiments from the Hanso Foundation. What is interesting is that this letter was written prior to the other letter. It appears that Hanso “donated” a sizeable contribution to the GHO in order for this problem to go away.
Thanks to Nate’s Lost Information for discovering some of the extra goodies on this page.

One of the major areas of concern is the plane crash. For the sake of argument, let’s assume that the people in the plane had to end up on this very specific island. It’s their destiny, as Locke would say. In order for that to happen here is what would be required:

1. Round up everyone from around the world that is supposed to end up on the plane and get them on a single flight
2. Knock out the planes communication to the ground after so many hours of flight
3. Know that the pilots would turn around at exactly the right moment, changing course to a flight path that leads to the island
4. Hit a pocket a turbulance that is so severe that it breaks the plane into thirds
5. All three pieces of the plane must land on the island (which appears, although we don’t know for sure) to be 5-10 miles wide
6. 50+ people must survive a crash where the plane breaks up at over 30,000ft
7. Jack survives even though he wakes up laying on his back in the middle of a field - no seat or anything else to break the fall
8. Remarkably, the survivors by and large survive the crash with very little injury (no one was permanently disabled or lost limbs or suffered any back injuries)

What are the odds of all that happening?

Throw in the fact that over the past 30 years there is not 1 single example of anyone surviving a commercial airplane crash where the plane broke up at such altitudes. This link is a database of every commercial crash since 1920. You will find that planes breaking up in the air does happen. Surviving the breakup does not. Plane Crash Database

So, what really happened? Why did all of the passengers believe they were in a crash? They all remember the same thing (kind of - another topic for another day). One things for sure - if all these people needed to be on this island they sure picked the hard way to make it happen.

Walt has made 3 appearances since his capture by the “Others”. After re-watching all of the episodes it appears that Walt is doing exactly the same thing in each instance when he appears to Shannon. The finger to his lips indicating to Shannon to hush. Speaking backwards. Dripping wet. Same clothes.

Either Walt has his routine down pat or we are not really seeing Walt.

First of all, I am not a Star Wars nerd. However, I am going to make a Star Wars reference. Remember in the 1st Star Wars, the one from the late 70’s, when the Princess has a message on R2D2 that is to be played to Ben? She is projected out in a hologram. There is a brief message where she is asking for help and provides some direction. It wasn’t really the Princess in the cave - it was her image.

Getting back to Walt … We are not really seeing Walt. We are seeing an image of Walt being projected. He isn’t actually there at all. His message is being replayed over and over again. And Walt doesn’t speak backwards, that’s a glitch in the system. He was recorded speaking properly but in the playback something got mixed up which caused the audio to be replayed backwards.

Now, what is this image or projection? I’ll give you a hint … you have seen them before. Little, lots of them, can be confused with a wisp of smoke. Nanobots. Intelligently compiled these nanobots can assemble to take the shape of an object or person. They can record and transmit audio communication. They would disappear quickly and become invisible to the human eye.

What we are seeing is the nanobots recording Walt. They then take the form of Walt and communicate to Shannon (and now Sayid) the message. The question is, did the Others who are holding Walt want the nanobots to make the recording in order to play for Shannon and others or is this something the nanobots did on their own? Walt was wet at the time of the recording - was that from the ocean or is he being held in a location where you have to pass through water to access it (for example, a location behind a waterfall)?

I am really sure about the following; (1) Nanobots are on the island, (2) They were being studied by Hanso, (3) They have been released (or they escaped) on the island. The Swan hatch that studies electromagnetic stuff is what keeps the swarm(s) from leaving the island. If the button isn’t pushed every 108 minutes does that somehow drop the field allowing the swarm to leave? The Hanso orientation film discussed an accident - was the original accident the swarm breaking out of its secured labratory confines? Now, the only protection is the 108 minute security reset?

A few years ago Michael Crichton (writer of Jurassic Park, Congo, etc) wrote a book describing the dangers of nanotechnology. While the ideas in the book are NOT scientifically feasible today Crichton is describing how the world could be in the not so distant future. His book is a very good read that I would highly recommend to any Lost fan. In the book there are some interesting aspects that I believe tie fairly closely to Lost. Here are the highlights:

- The facility where the nanobots are manufactured is in the remote desert of Nevada ~ far away from prying eyes of the government or any regulatory body
- The work is top secret ~ even those that work for the company don’t really know the extent of the project
- The development of nanotechnology is for the benefit of society ~ the company started with altuistic motives
- The nanobots are housed in a very secure location that involves a super high power magnet
- The nanobots escape unexpectantly in an accident ~ kind of
- The only safe place to be with the nanobots outside the facility is to remain inside the very secure facility
- The nanobots infest people ~ they can give strength to people and sap that strength away ~ they can also alter the state of someone’s mind making them irrational and compulsive
- The nanobots travel primarily in a swarm, a black cloud
- The nanobots learn and progress ~ the AI advances much more quickly than anticipated
- The nanobots can swarm into any shape ~ they take on the appearance of humans and are indistinguishable from real people
- The nanobots learn to “speak” or make sounds to replicate speach

With those points in mind think about the similarities to Lost. A deserted island. An accident that occured. Locke’s ability to walk after 4 years of disability. Quarantine on the hatch telling folks to stay in the bunkers. A black cloud that moves and is organized. The monster that is so large it moves trees yet the Losties haven’t seen it, it’s footprints, or anything else that would indicate that the monster ever existed. Walt’s appearance? Was it really Walt or was Shannon seeing something similar to a recorded message being played back to her?

Anyway, something to think about. If you can think of any additional commonalities please write and in and let me know.

Nanotechnology involves very, very, very small machines. Machines that are built at the molecular level. By themselves nanobots are too small to be effective for much of anything. However, collectively, nanobots can be used to do amazing things.

The stuff of science fiction just a few years ago, we have now entered nanotechnology in it’s infancy. Most, however, agree that in the future most everything we do will have nanotechnology involved in one way or another.

Nanotechnology provides several advantages that hold great promise. First, the ability to organize material at the molecular level allows for far greater control in the development of products. You will see steel-like products developed that will be 10x stronger and weigh just a fraction of what steel weighs now. How will that impact you? The car you drive, the plane you fly in, the building you sit in can all be structure differently, more efficiently.

To get you started on what Nanotechnology is I would recommend:
Nice Beginners Overview
The Future of Nanotechnology and It’s Impact on You
Early Vision of Nanotechnology
The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology

So, with that being said, how in the world does this relate to Lost? It’s my opinion that Nanotechnology is one of the disciplines being studdied on the island by the Hanso corporation. Review the links from above and then come back and read how nanobot swarms are present and are interacting with our Losties.

This blog is dedicated to all things Lost related. Major theories are discussed as well as show recaps. Enjoy the reading and please write in with your thoughts/opinions.