{"id":2956,"date":"2010-02-18T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/lost-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything\/"},"modified":"2010-02-18T09:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T09:31:00","slug":"lost-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/lost-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything.html","title":{"rendered":"LOST: The Answer To Life, The Universe, And Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/lost\/1\/0\/w\/c\/-\/-\/Sun-Cries.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/lost\/1\/0\/w\/c\/-\/-\/Sun-Cries.jpg\" width=\"133\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s a thought about LOST. It is a theory, not a spoiler, but I think I may be on to something.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5474324\/updates-on-thor-battleship-gi-joe-2-hot-tub-time-machine-and-duncan-jones-source-code\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">candidates<\/a>\u201d have all been given <a href=\"http:\/\/tvwatch.people.com\/2010\/02\/17\/spoiler-alert-all-about-losts-numbers-game\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">numbers<\/a>. Two things need to be noticed. First, one of them is numbered \u201c42\u201d and I\u2019m quite certain that the producers chose knowing full well that 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything.<\/p>\n<p>Second, they are listed with only their last names. And so my guess is that #42, Kwon, is neither Sun nor Jin but Ji Yeon their daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Did anyone notice if \u201cLittleton\u201d is also still in the running?<\/p>\n<p>If I\u2019m wrong about Ji Yeon, my next best guess is that Kwon might mean both Sun and Jin \u2013 but would they replace Jacob alone or the pair of interacting individuals protecting the island, each in their own way?<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-9019247468489456019?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a thought about LOST. It is a theory, not a spoiler, but I think I may be on to something. The \u201ccandidates\u201d have all been given numbers. Two things need to be noticed. First, one of them is numbered \u201c42\u201d and I\u2019m quite certain that the producers chose knowing full well that 42 is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LOST: The Answer To Life, The Universe, And Everything<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s a thought about LOST. It is a theory, not a spoiler, but I think I may be on to something.The &quot;candidates&quot; have all been given numbers. 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