LOST - The significance of Wallace and the number 108

If you've seen the LOST episode “Lighthouse” that just showed that it was Wallace scribbled on the lighthouse dial at 108 degrees.


Wallace as in David Wallace, a philosopher of physics at Oxford University.
Someone pointed out David Wallace posited the Many Worlds Observation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation (note that this leads back to “Schrodinger’s Cat theory!”)



PDF of his theory:
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/quant-ph/pdf/0211/0211104v1.pdf

Lest you forget, this epsiode was also the debut of a character named David.


This ties into my time travel theory I posed back in February 2008 and recently on my blog as well, so I think it is most definitely a search for an observer of sorts.

Usually, once quantum events are observed, one of the alternate timelines will cease to exist. But the Many Worlds theory expounds this to matter at a greater level than the quantum level.

And even more for you to chew on:



Does this look familiar? This is from Season 2. Every 108 seconds they had to press the button.



On yesterday’s episode, they were supposed to turn the dial to 108 degrees, but Jack broke what I refer to as “the looking glass” (ala Alice in Wonderland) in the lighthouse. Notice Wallace is at 108 degrees.



4 + 8 + 15 + 16 + 24 + 32 = .... you guessed it .... 108.

And if you're counting, this was the 108th episode.

So, the writers have been hinting at the Many World's since Season 2. As of yesterday’s episode they’ve pointed us to Wallace.

I've said all this to explain the significance of Wallace. Who will Mr/Mrs. Wallace actually be? I have no clue.

But, this also brings up another good point:

The piece of music that David was playing is the same music that Faraday attempted to play.

But Faraday couldn't remember how to play the song.

Also, guess what school Faraday taught at? Oxford. The same school the real world person (not LOST character) David Wallace teaches at.

So once again, they are trying to give us a hint here - they're tying "The Variable" episode to "The Lighthouse episode" and letting us know our theory is a valid one. 108 has significance. Wallace has significance.

The Wallace character is very significant to the LOST timeline, if only to alert us to the fact that their is most likely a "Many Worlds" scenario here.

On another related tangent, I believe somebody has to "observe" to negate a timeline. I believe that is the point of the candidate.

- Luis
aka funkytaco