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        <title>Grand Unifying Theories</title>
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        <![CDATA[ In this thread may be discussed theories about plots/characters that are too general to have their own thread. It will serve as a gathering place for all those posts where newbies say &quot;omg i think they're dead and in purgatory!&quot; and so forth.

Theories can have their own thread if they're original and lucid. If you don't know what &quot;lucid&quot; means, please don't start new threads.

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Grand Unifying Theories ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5324876/t/Grand-Unifying-Theories.html#reply-5324876</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I believe he also destroyed the base of the autobots.
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			<description><![CDATA[ An interesting tidbit courtesy of Mark Steyn of all people.
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In 1785, the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham began working on his famous &quot;Pan-opticon&quot;-a radial prison in which a central &quot;inspector&quot;
could see all the prisoners, but they could never see him. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I should be writing a paper for class this weekend, so I really can&#39;t afford to read through the entire thread, but....
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Has anyone put out the theory that Jacob&#39;s enemy IS the smoke monster?  He can only appear as dead people (Eko&#39;s Brother, Alex, Locke), and this is why
Jacob told Hurley that he knows that Hurley isn&#39;t crazy.  Hurley has only seen dead people in his &quot;delusions&quot; - Eko, Charlie, Ana Lucia.
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			<description><![CDATA[ I remember that. Of course, the &quot;no message sent&quot; equilibrium would also have to have changed from the original timeline in order to <span style="text-decoration:underline">prevent</span> the message from being sent, which wasn&#39;t the case originally. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I ran across this tidbit.  Perhaps everything that&#39;s happening is the result of the universe self-correcting.  In other words, the universe is attempting
to rid itself of any time travel paradox by eventually causing the initial disupting event to never have happened.  And that&#39;s what the show is about.  So
the question would be what was the original disrupting event?  It may not have happened on the island.  It might have been someone at Ann Arbor or Oxford that
got everything out of... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ ^ Unless someone starts a thread about the statue. :)
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Speaking of Egypt...
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Still going through my Games magazines. In the May/June 1978 issue, there&#39;s an article about the Egyption game of <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senet">Senet</a>. It could possibly be &quot;the oldest board game in the world&quot;. It bares some resemblance to <font color="yellow">Backgammon</font>, what with opposing players&#39; pieces moving through the... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Well it seems that in the Wired magazine May 2009 issue (edited by JJ Abrams and full of puzzles) there was one particular encrypted puzzle that when solved
read:
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THEFOURTOEDSTATUEISTAWERET
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so I guess that pretty much ends any debate. 
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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Screerider wrote:</strong>
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  ABC.Com&#39;s official episode recap says it&#39;s Taweret. Who writes those things?
</blockquote>Yeah the lostpedia people were having a shit-fit that the article on the statue was renamed to Giant Statue of Taweret yesterday, but I see
it&#39;s back to just Giant Statue today.
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I don&#39;t think Darlton have any input into the recaps, but if it&#39;s not official, I wonder why someone would have just... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ ABC.Com&#39;s official episode recap says it&#39;s Taweret. Who writes those things? ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ We better see a back story to Jacob, the statue, Black Smokey, and the Black Rock next season to put it all straight.
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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Sneakers OToo1e wrote:</strong>
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  Taweret became seen, very early in Egyptian history, as a deity of protection in pregnancy and childbirth. Pregnant women wore amulets with her name or
  likeness to protect their pregnancies. As a protector, she often was shown with one arm resting on the sa symbol, which symbolized protection, and... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">twonyx wrote:</strong>
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  Maybe at the end of this season, they blow up the island.
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I&#39;m having horrible &quot;Little House on the Prairie&quot; flashbacks. <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/frown.gif"> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;ve always got the &quot;good v. evil&quot; theme from this show but last night it was very blatant for me. Jacob and NotJacob on the beach - Jacob wants
to see the good in everyone, help them find their path, NotJacob sees that people are not so good and wants to manipulate and control others to do his bidding
and eventually kill Jacob so he can take over.
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The ship at the beginning - that was the Black Rock right? ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Apologies if this has already been suggested, but I&#39;m starting to think all this has something to do with either biblical figures or aliens.
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I know it&#39;s a broad net to cast, but it&#39;s just the feeling I get. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ The time-line/Island trying to course-correct, as it were, could be amusing. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Maybe at the end of this season, they blow up the island.  And like we saw with Charlie&#39;s death, fate still happens.  So, now the plane still crashes and
they all meet, etc. but a totally different way.  Like Charley still died, but in a different way (not lightning or drowning).
<br>
<br>
That would leave us wondering after the cliff hanger, because we know that &quot;what happened, can&#39;t now happen&quot;  but come next season, the losties
still meet and possibly crash etc. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ First time I&#39;m actually going to attempt a grand theory...
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We&#39;ve seen that Eloise and Widmore are at odds, much like Widmore and Ben. These points aside, they (read: former leaders of the others) are enemies
working towards a common goal: ensuring that whatever happened, happened. On the island, before the incident, Eloise and Widmore talked to Jack, Kate, and
later, (speculation) when he returns, Desmond, so as to make sure they get where they belong. This way, Abaddon gets... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Manila ESQ wrote:</strong>
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    <strong class="quote-title">wrsrules wrote:</strong>
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    Manila, only babies convieved on they island die, alex and sun&#39;s baby were concieved off the island so they were able to be born without death.
    <br>
    I am thinking babies were never sucessfully concieved and born on the island and that is why there is the huge fertily *@!#!$* statue&#39;s foot on the
    island.
    <br>... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Fairly obvious to me that the &quot;Hostiles&quot;...the &quot;inhabitants&quot; of the island are there to protect the natural order of things.  It very well
may be possible for Variables to change the course of history.  But the Hostiles are clearly the defenders of what is &quot;meant to happen.&quot;
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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">wrsrules wrote:</strong>
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  Manila, only babies convieved on they island die, alex and sun&#39;s baby were concieved off the island so they were able to be born without death.
  <br>
  I am thinking babies were never sucessfully concieved and born on the island and that is why there is the huge fertily *@!#!$* statue&#39;s foot on the
  island.
  <br>
  (forgot about not being able to type g..o..d..d..e..ss..) how silly.
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How... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ In this thread may be discussed theories about plots/characters that are too general to have their own thread. It will serve as a gathering place for all those posts where newbies say &quot;omg i think they're dead and in purgatory!&quot; and so forth.<br>
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Theories can have their own thread if they're original and lucid. If you don't know what &quot;lucid&quot; means, please don't start new threads.<br>
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