well remember... I think someone is controlling the Smoke monster (cerberus project - see blast door map post by Wander)so it's the person, not Smokey, making judgements 9which means he can make mistakes). If he can observe Others and survivors without being seen(possibly even the Remote Viewing that Ms. Kugh and the Others were trying to get Walt to do. RVS on Blast Door Map), he can learn things. The Others have dossiers on some of the survivors (ben said that thing about juliet and sarah looking alike) so maybe they can upload photos. I concur with you about the proof because I've read somewhere that the writers?producers? say that 1. they're not in purgatory and 2. everything is based on real stuff (meaning no make-believe fairies and gnomes etc...) ... it is lost so the facts/proof will always be scant. I believe there is someone controlling the smoke monster, with access to computer equipment(in the background of the video of Eyepatch man) who is deceiving the survivors for a yet unknown purpose. That's all I mean.

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