Hey Dr. McGrath,<\/p>\n
So I was reading your blog this morning and I came across a link to the following image,<\/p>\n
http:\/\/lost.cubit.net\/pics\/2\u00d717\/blastDoorMap.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n which is of course the invisible ink map on the blast door that Locke sees in Season 2, but what caught my attention was the reference in the bottom left corner where it says, \u201cLow relevance to Vallencetti related research activity.\u201d Now I had come across Vallencetti (or Vallenzeti) references before in relation to an equation that predicts when humanity will destroy itself. So I did a little digging (and stop me if this is old news to you as it probably is), but apparently there was something called the \u201cLost Experience\u201d that culminated in a video making reference to the famous #\u2019s \u201c4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42\u201d as being the outcome obtained when this equation is ran. Further investigation led me to something called the \u201cSPIDER PROTOCAL\u201d which apparently is the source of the \u201cvirus\u201d that Rousseau mentions her crew getting. In a memo that was unveiled during the \u201cLost Experience\u201d it was revealed that the testing of the virus had been originally done on an island with \u201cunique properties\u201d but that the man in charge wanted to move away from using the island as the primary test sight and so moved to other locations (as is revealed in the video I mentioned previously which shows testing taking place in Sri Lanka; it can be found here<\/a>). The whole purpose of the DHARMA<\/a> initiative then was to try and alter the numbers in this equation and thus prevent humanity\u2019s destruction. The Hanso Corporation, which seems to have some connection to Widmore, started the DHARMA initiative and seems to still be active in trying to bring about the alteration of the Vanzetti equation, perhaps the real reason Widmore is trying to find the island, in order to continue the research. One thing this might explain is why there was so much fuss made about the virus early on in the show and then not mentioned again. If part of what the DHARMA initiative was doing was introducing this virus to natives of the island it might be the primary reason that the island required that they be purged (hence Ben and Richard gassing all the DHARMA people). Rousseau\u2019s team was probably infected by this virus before testing was moved off the island, and this could also explain why the hatches are marked with \u201cQUARANTINE\u201d if the virus was being used on the island natives.<\/p>\n It is interesting to me that the island (or whoever is controlling the island) seems to be acting against the DHARMA initiative. Ben says that they are the \u201cgood guys\u201d and that Widmore and his people are the \u201cbad guys,\u201d but exactly what he means is not entirely clear. Obviously he isn\u2019t trying to hide the island from Widmore to prevent it becoming a tourist attraction as he claimed to Locke, but perhaps he is trying to protect the island from undergoing further DHARMA initiative related testing (though if DHARMA is really trying to save humanity one wonders why he would want to stop them). This \u201cwar\u201d that seems to be going on between Widmore and Linus is also interesting in that it had apparently been restricted to certain rules as was implied when Linus says to Widmore that he \u201cchanged the rules\u201d when he killed his daughter Alex. I still don\u2019t fully understand who Ben is or what his role is. He seems to lead the islanders and can speak with Jacob but Miles seems to imply in his conversation with him that he is incredibly powerful saying \u201cdon\u2019t treat me like one of them (meaning the crash survivors), I know who you are and what you can do!\u201d and subsequently demanding 3.2 million dollars, a sum that Linus doesn\u2019t seem too upset in agreeing to pay. So why does Ben have so much money and power? We saw his back story and his origins are humble to say the least, and so his rise must have been meteoric as he wasn\u2019t much older in the present than he was when he killed all the DHARMA people. Obviously you can\u2019t answer those questions but this is what I am pondering at the moment.<\/p>\n Anyway, that is probably just review for you but I wanted to throw in my 2 cents on the subject. I would love to hear your thoughts on the topic and perhaps any other details I might be missing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Let me (and him) know what you think!<\/p>\n Last night I dreamt I was on the island. Behind everything that was going on there was an artificially intelligent computer. I don\u2019t think my subconcious mind managed to contribute anything to unravelling the mysteries of LOST. A student of mine, on the other hand, is making better progress. He started watching only recently on […]<\/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-3354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lost.cubit.net\/pics\/2x17\/blastDoorMap.jpg\")