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In theory, the Casimir effect can be used to produce a locally mass-negative region of space-time, and suggested that negative effect could be used to stabilize a wormhole to allow faster than light travel.

— Andrelus

the orchid video

The producers have hinted at [since the very first time we saw the video, just about] clues placed within the orientation video

1. Whispers can be heard that blend into the onscreen characters’ speech at the very beginning.

2. Also at the beginning, Edgar Halowax (Marvin Candle?) mentions the unique propeties of the island creating a sort of “Casimir Effect” (see below)

3. Three strange flashes throughout: A building (Hanso Foundation?), the image of Dharma co-founder, Gerald DeGroot, and finally the upside down bicycle at the barracks toward the end.

4. The number 15 rabbit and the second one that arrives. Edgar Halowax exclaims, “Don’t let them near each other!”

5. Edgar Halowax wearing a Swan station lab coat, while working at “The Orchid”.

There’s a few other things one could assume were hints, but these five are all I need to move forward.

the casimir effect { Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect }

I should start by saying that I am no Scientist - so I won’t bore you to death with science jargon - it isn’t important. Remember, this is a TV show. So many theorists here try to get hung around the scientific “FACTS”, meanwhile, television is fiction for a reason. I don’t pretend to fully understand the Casimir effect, but I will let you in on what I surmise is taking place due to the Casimir Effect.

In theory, the Casimir effect can be used to produce a locally mass-negative region of space-time, and suggested that negative effect could be used to stabilize a wormhole to allow faster than light travel. This is something I found highly interesting in my research.

wormholes { http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole }

To the best of my knowledge and again, without getting too scientific on everyone, in physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that is basically a ‘shortcut’ through space and time. Sure, we’ve seen time travel take place on the show, but I think there is a clue to something bigger in the Orchid Video. We seem to be a little hung up on time travel and constants. Here’s something else to ponder:

What if the Others are currently harnessing the power of wormholes - now that they have taken the Dharma Initiatives place on the island?

the whispers and sudden appearances of “the others”

I think the existence of wormholes explains this. They somehow managed to manipulate wormholes in order to travel freely from place to place. I’ll use Harper Stanhope as an explanation. In Season 4’s “The Other Woman”, Harper appears, alongside those pesky whispers, out of nowhere in the jungle to approach Juliet.

The whispers, I believe, are the result of the faster than light travel that would theoretically take place within a wormhole. In essence, time catching up with the traveller. This could be why we often hear voices from the past in the whispers, like what Frank Duckett told Sawyer after he was shot.

The Others using wormholes would explain a whole hell of a lot:

1. Their ability to “appear” from out of no where, often accompanied by the whispers we hear so often.

2. The appearance of Locke’s father. Ben mentioned a box to Locke. A box that from within, you could get anything you’ve ever dreamed of or wanted - the box could represent a wormhole. They could have opened up a wormhole to get Anthony Cooper to serve his purpose.

3. I forget what episode, but when Ben showed Juliet footage of her sister, Rachel at a playground with what appeared to be here son, he told Richard to “hurry back”. How else would you “hurry back” from so far away. Of course this wouldn’t be an issue if you could travel faster than the speed of light.

4. The Tunisian Polar Bear shown in Season 4’s “Confirmed Dead”. How could a polar bear (with a Dharma collar, by the way) travel from the island to the middle of the desert in Tunisia?

Stepping away from wormholes momentarily (I will return), something else I found peaked my interest.

nanotechnology - where The Casimir Effect’s applications are most likely to be found. (real world application)

Nanotechnology - refers broadly to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, generally 100 nanometers or smaller, and the fabrication of devices with critical dimensions that lie within that size range.

Could this explain the smoke monster? A creature being controlled on a molecular level? Good old smokie does seem to be comprised of volcanic ash. Tiny enough particles for you? See “nanorobotics” here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanorobotics

One of the hopes for application of nanotechnology comes in the form of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Utilizing the technology to treat tumors. Remember Ben telling Juliet he could “cure” her sister’s cancer? Maybe Ben just wanted Jack to perform the surgery on his tumor to test him and could really heal himself utilizing the technology the Dharma Initiative had perfected.

There is even speculation that nanorobots could slow or prevent the aging process. Tell me, how old does it seem Richard Alpert should be again? Being as how he looked exactly the same when Ben saw him as a child.

nanotechnology used to replicate anything { Ref: http://science.howstuffworks.com/nanotechnology.htm }

In the world of Star Trek, machines called replicators can replicate virtually everything. In the real world, scientists believe this to be a VERY real possibility. They call it “molecular manufacturing”. Here comes the wildest assumption yet:

{ A few theories on the web have posed this question recently }

What if the flight 815 that crashed in the Sunda Trench off the island was also the “real flight 815” that crashed on the island? What if a machine, created by the Dharma Initiative using the island’s properties and the existence of the Casimir Effect is responsible for not only the crash but for copying the plane and everything and everyone on it and sending it to the bottom of the Sunda Trench? This wild sci-fi assumption seems a far better hypothesis than someone being able to pull off a hoax of that scale. updated - I’m not buying Tom’s “evidence” in “Meet Kevin Johnson.

This is a quote from the how stuff works website I referenced above: “Eventually, we could be able to replicate anything, including diamonds, water and food. Famine could be eradicated by machines that fabricate foods to feed the hungry.”

Isn’t this the kind of technology many would like to get their hands on? This quite possibly could be what Charles Widmore is after in his search for the island. The Dharma Initiative perfected the science of nanotechnology enough to slow the aging process (i.e Richard) and replicated anything known to man, and Widmore wants in on this tremendous scientific innovation.

jacob and wormholes { i said I’d get back to wormholes at some point }

In theory a wormhole could be opened to pass through and travel faster than the speed of light. What if that wormhole were to be closed while a physical presence were traveling through it? What if this is why Jacob can either be seen and not heard, or heard and not seen.

This could very well be why Jacob hates technology; it’s the very thing that put him in the situation he is currently in.

15 + 15 = THIRTY?

Back to the Orchid Video and the number 15 rabbits. I think there is a very real possibility that whatever machine they speak of created another copy of the rabbit. Alternatively, what if all three incantations of the same person, Dr. Marvin Candle (Edgar Halowax, Mark Wickman) all existed thanks to the ability to replicate? After all, each version of Candle we’ve seen in the Orientation videos was slightly different.

Wormholes and nanotechnology = the hints within the Orchid Video?

I’m sure even with all of the information and explanations, I’m going to be attacked by a few because it all doesn’t “seem possible” which I’m so tired of the argument because Lost is fiction. With fiction, anything is possible.

A few other things I believe:

1. I think that the Adam and Eve skeletons found in the caves in season one belong to Gerald DeGroot and his wife, the founders of the Dharma Initiative.

2. I think Ben gave Michael and different coordinates than Daniel insisted Lapidus take because travelling to and from the island is different on both sides.

3. I too think Ben’s son is Thomas.

4. I’m almost positive that at some point Ben’s mother worked for Dharma.

5. I think it’s either Sayid or Michael in the coffin

6. I think Christian Shephard knew of the island and the research going on there.

7. I STILL believe that Jacob is Jack’s grandfather. (He was on party of five - and the writers have said that names mean a lot on the show.)

8. I’m positive that we’ve never seen a GHOST on the show.

9. 1. 1. Namaste, Lost fans.

Key characters

Short Name	Full Name	Episodes	Theories
Desmond	Desmond David Hume	2.23, 3.17, 4.5	859
Jack	Jack Shephard	1.1, 1.5, 2.11, 1.11, 1.16, 1.20, 3.9, 3.22, 3.1, 4.10, 4.12, & 3” href=”/episodes/theres-no-place-home-parts-2-3/”>4.13	1459
John	John Locke	3.3, 2.17, 1.4, 1.19, 3.13, 3.19, 4.11, & 3” href=”/episodes/theres-no-place-home-parts-2-3/”>4.13	1242
Penny	Penny Widmore	3.8	254
Sayid	Sayid Jarrah	2.14, 1.9, 3.11, 4.3, 4.12	390

Key episodes

#	Title	Aired	Central character	Theories
2.23	Live Together, Die Alone	5-24-2006	Desmond	323
1.24	Exodus: Part 2	5-25-2005	Charlie	130
1.23	Exodus: Part 1	5-18-2005	Jin	101
1.2	Pilot, Part 2	9-29-2004	Kate, Charlie	205
1.1	Pilot, Part 1	9-24-2004	Jack	366

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