I'm writing here in support of Vozzek69's theory that the 'faked wreckage' of Oceanic flight 815 is, in fact, a real 'version' of the plane. No, Vozzek69, you're not crazy. And I'm pretty sure that you're right.
And is it really hard to believe? After all we've already seen time travel and a resurrection and seem to have swallowed that rather easily (With a whole lotta 'wow' and not much 'Oh, c'mon on!”). And it wasn't just any Time Tunnel/H.G. Wells-type time travel either. As Jack said a couple of episodes ago, “We disappeared out of a plane in mid-air and landed in 1977.” Given all that, would it be that much of a stretch to fathom this 'alternate 815'?
I believe the plane is real, despite Widmore's apparent confession to Daniel about it being an “elaborate, expensive” operation, even given his emphasis on the word "expensive". We can chalk that down as part of his ploy to get Daniel to go to the island, having him believe that there would be survivors there. The "expensive" accentuation was mis-direction on the part of the writers, intended to settle the matter in the minds of the audience, so that, when, a year from now, perhaps in the finale of the show, the truth about the plane is revealed.
How do you explain it?
Well, not to get too much into physics, but different realities are possible when high amounts of energy are involved. Here's an example.
Think of a long, narrow spaceship (like an airplane) with a light switch in the middle of the cabin connected to light bulbs at each end of the ship, at the front and back. When you flick that switch which light bulb goes on first?
That's right, they both go on at the same time. IF you're on the spaceship.
Now, let's say you're a stationary observer watching the ship go by at a very high speed. Just as it comes across before you, someone on the ship hits the switch. (We assume you can see the lights and have the proper equipment to observe the event.) Now, for the observer, which light bulb goes on first?
The one at the back. Yes, because the ship is moving at a high speed in a forward direction, the current traveling to the rear of the ship will reach the light first, as the bulb is coming towards it and the current traveling to the light bulb at the front has to play catch up with the speed of the spaceship. (We're talking speeds approaching the speed of light for the spacecraft.)
Mind blowing? Yes, but relatively easy to grasp. And relative is the key word here. That's why Einstein's theory was call Relativity. Because time is relative to the speed. And time is different depending on the point of reference of the observer. A single occurrence, two different realities.
That means that we re not talking alternate universes or parallel time lines for LOST. It simply means, that when Flight 815 hit that electro-magnetic field because Desmond did not push the button in time, it created two realities. One on-island, and one off-island. On-island the plane crashed on the beach and there were 48 survivors. Off-island the plane crashed into the ocean (perhaps at the exact same spot where the island should have been) and sunk to the bottom of the Sunda Trench with no survivors.
Maybe, that's why the Oceanic Six “weren't supposed to leave”. The two realities should not ever meet.
Feel free to hack away at this. That's the fun part.
And is it really hard to believe? After all we've already seen time travel and a resurrection and seem to have swallowed that rather easily (With a whole lotta 'wow' and not much 'Oh, c'mon on!”). And it wasn't just any Time Tunnel/H.G. Wells-type time travel either. As Jack said a couple of episodes ago, “We disappeared out of a plane in mid-air and landed in 1977.” Given all that, would it be that much of a stretch to fathom this 'alternate 815'?
I believe the plane is real, despite Widmore's apparent confession to Daniel about it being an “elaborate, expensive” operation, even given his emphasis on the word "expensive". We can chalk that down as part of his ploy to get Daniel to go to the island, having him believe that there would be survivors there. The "expensive" accentuation was mis-direction on the part of the writers, intended to settle the matter in the minds of the audience, so that, when, a year from now, perhaps in the finale of the show, the truth about the plane is revealed.
How do you explain it?
Well, not to get too much into physics, but different realities are possible when high amounts of energy are involved. Here's an example.
Think of a long, narrow spaceship (like an airplane) with a light switch in the middle of the cabin connected to light bulbs at each end of the ship, at the front and back. When you flick that switch which light bulb goes on first?
That's right, they both go on at the same time. IF you're on the spaceship.
Now, let's say you're a stationary observer watching the ship go by at a very high speed. Just as it comes across before you, someone on the ship hits the switch. (We assume you can see the lights and have the proper equipment to observe the event.) Now, for the observer, which light bulb goes on first?
The one at the back. Yes, because the ship is moving at a high speed in a forward direction, the current traveling to the rear of the ship will reach the light first, as the bulb is coming towards it and the current traveling to the light bulb at the front has to play catch up with the speed of the spaceship. (We're talking speeds approaching the speed of light for the spacecraft.)
Mind blowing? Yes, but relatively easy to grasp. And relative is the key word here. That's why Einstein's theory was call Relativity. Because time is relative to the speed. And time is different depending on the point of reference of the observer. A single occurrence, two different realities.
That means that we re not talking alternate universes or parallel time lines for LOST. It simply means, that when Flight 815 hit that electro-magnetic field because Desmond did not push the button in time, it created two realities. One on-island, and one off-island. On-island the plane crashed on the beach and there were 48 survivors. Off-island the plane crashed into the ocean (perhaps at the exact same spot where the island should have been) and sunk to the bottom of the Sunda Trench with no survivors.
Maybe, that's why the Oceanic Six “weren't supposed to leave”. The two realities should not ever meet.
Feel free to hack away at this. That's the fun part.
