Post by sumo on Nov 16, 2005 19:40:38 GMT -5
I found this post on a different message board about the numbers and it might be interesting to read or it might be a huge master plan by the creators to throw everyone off but here is is
ok so I was listening to the radio where every thursday they have in depth discussions about lost...awesome right? anyways I heard of someone talking about this "genetic mirror theory" and supposedly it's a book that was written 16 years ago by a man named rossau(yeah, see where this is going?...). Anyways the book has THE numbers in it and all of the supporting facts for it...i'm gonna put the post I read on here now in quotes...it explains it better than I could
"Its called Roussau's genetic mirror theory, and I must say it is very interesting. Roussau's genetic mirror theory says that everyone in the world has an exact twin somewhere, however according to the theory you never encounter this person, by laws of probablitly and other natuaral occuring phemnomen. Its the theory that was devised by a French Mathematician named Marseille Roussau in the year 1988. He used a series of numbers to explain his theory. Now I know you're not going to believe this but here goes.
4 8 15 16 23 42
Let me explain...
The 4 stands for 4 degrees of separation (not 6 or 7 as commonly stated.) Roussau believed that everyone in the world was connected by four different people. So in theory could meet yourself by using four different people connected to you. Example: Your brother's, boss's, neighbor nephew, knows your mirror. Hard to believe, I know but keep reading.
The 8 stands for the eight continent, or the only place in the world where you could meet your mirror. He calculated it to be somewhere in the south pacific. Now we know its not actually as large as the other contintents but its used figurtively because everyone in all 7 continents could meet there mirror on the 8th universal continent.
The 15 stands for the chances of you acually meeting yourself on this place, as in 15 out of 4,815,162,342. Look at the second set "815." Ring any bells? Interesting huh?
The 16 stands for the maximum amount of people that could encounter thier twin all at the same time. Think about the number of main characters.
The 23 is the number of years apart your twin and yourself are. You are not the same age as your twin. By chance and probablity it takes 23 years exactly for the same genes that made you to be connected again to form another you.
The 42 stands for the maximimum number of years your twin and yourself can be alive at the same time. However people do die at diffferent times so thats why everyone isn't dead at 75. For example my twin was born on Sept. 6 2003 b/c i was born on Spet. 6 1980. Now that doesn't mean i will die in the year 2045, I could, but its not set in stone. My twin could die when he is 16, and then the whole thing starts over again.
This is all very complicated and I don't know how well I explained it but the connections with the show are too coinidental to not be real.
Roussau and his team (wife, included) went to the 8th continent. You can figure out how they died and why by the numbers and equations. It also fits with every character. You can predict when they will die. There are others on the island who are twins of the survivors, but have been there 23 years longer."
now if anyone takes notice, danielle said her and her team came there and everyone died blah blah blah. now there's also something on oceanicflight815.com and you click on the barcode at the bottom and type in theislandiswaiting a script page will come up with notes that support this theory. Now I'm not saying this is fact BUT it would explain 1)the others(as in they're the crazy twins) 2)wherever it is they are(the 8th continent) and all of the other "clues" leading up to this point. Including Desmond and Jack being so similar it's not even funny and then them ending up on the same island.
now here's the part that's not so believable...There is no way to find this book on the internet. I've done it and everything connected to any genetic mirror theory has to do with lost. Which would lead one to believe that this is a massive set up by the creative team to make everyone think the story is going one way when really it's not. so yeah I don't know. I'd like to think that's what it is for the fact of knowing but as for storyline I think it's kind of ehh. Like whoever came up with any of it is pretty smart but it's not what I want lost to end up like. anyways if anyone's heard anything about this or knows more or something write back cause I'd like to hear some thoughts on it.
ok so I was listening to the radio where every thursday they have in depth discussions about lost...awesome right? anyways I heard of someone talking about this "genetic mirror theory" and supposedly it's a book that was written 16 years ago by a man named rossau(yeah, see where this is going?...). Anyways the book has THE numbers in it and all of the supporting facts for it...i'm gonna put the post I read on here now in quotes...it explains it better than I could
"Its called Roussau's genetic mirror theory, and I must say it is very interesting. Roussau's genetic mirror theory says that everyone in the world has an exact twin somewhere, however according to the theory you never encounter this person, by laws of probablitly and other natuaral occuring phemnomen. Its the theory that was devised by a French Mathematician named Marseille Roussau in the year 1988. He used a series of numbers to explain his theory. Now I know you're not going to believe this but here goes.
4 8 15 16 23 42
Let me explain...
The 4 stands for 4 degrees of separation (not 6 or 7 as commonly stated.) Roussau believed that everyone in the world was connected by four different people. So in theory could meet yourself by using four different people connected to you. Example: Your brother's, boss's, neighbor nephew, knows your mirror. Hard to believe, I know but keep reading.
The 8 stands for the eight continent, or the only place in the world where you could meet your mirror. He calculated it to be somewhere in the south pacific. Now we know its not actually as large as the other contintents but its used figurtively because everyone in all 7 continents could meet there mirror on the 8th universal continent.
The 15 stands for the chances of you acually meeting yourself on this place, as in 15 out of 4,815,162,342. Look at the second set "815." Ring any bells? Interesting huh?
The 16 stands for the maximum amount of people that could encounter thier twin all at the same time. Think about the number of main characters.
The 23 is the number of years apart your twin and yourself are. You are not the same age as your twin. By chance and probablity it takes 23 years exactly for the same genes that made you to be connected again to form another you.
The 42 stands for the maximimum number of years your twin and yourself can be alive at the same time. However people do die at diffferent times so thats why everyone isn't dead at 75. For example my twin was born on Sept. 6 2003 b/c i was born on Spet. 6 1980. Now that doesn't mean i will die in the year 2045, I could, but its not set in stone. My twin could die when he is 16, and then the whole thing starts over again.
This is all very complicated and I don't know how well I explained it but the connections with the show are too coinidental to not be real.
Roussau and his team (wife, included) went to the 8th continent. You can figure out how they died and why by the numbers and equations. It also fits with every character. You can predict when they will die. There are others on the island who are twins of the survivors, but have been there 23 years longer."
now if anyone takes notice, danielle said her and her team came there and everyone died blah blah blah. now there's also something on oceanicflight815.com and you click on the barcode at the bottom and type in theislandiswaiting a script page will come up with notes that support this theory. Now I'm not saying this is fact BUT it would explain 1)the others(as in they're the crazy twins) 2)wherever it is they are(the 8th continent) and all of the other "clues" leading up to this point. Including Desmond and Jack being so similar it's not even funny and then them ending up on the same island.
now here's the part that's not so believable...There is no way to find this book on the internet. I've done it and everything connected to any genetic mirror theory has to do with lost. Which would lead one to believe that this is a massive set up by the creative team to make everyone think the story is going one way when really it's not. so yeah I don't know. I'd like to think that's what it is for the fact of knowing but as for storyline I think it's kind of ehh. Like whoever came up with any of it is pretty smart but it's not what I want lost to end up like. anyways if anyone's heard anything about this or knows more or something write back cause I'd like to hear some thoughts on it.
