Dear All,

Okay so I’m sorry if this has already been talk through but I’ve not seen anything on the other bogs so would like to raise the point now about why I think the island cannot be seen or reached without traveling along the specific compass rout of 325.

The last video in the Pearl explained that there is a pocket of ‘exotic matter’ within the island that exhibits unusual characteristics. I don’t know loads about exotic matter but I do know that it causes anti-gravity by Einstein's definitions in his general theory of relativity.

Objects with a large mass cause curves in space and other objects will fall into these curves if the curve is large enough, this is what we call gravity. Our Earth curves space so much that we are actually falling into the centre point of the curvature, the centre of the Earth. So where large objects will stretch space to form a curvature, exotic matter will do the opposite and actually pull this space back inwards, essentially causing anti-gravity.

What I am thinking with the Island is that the exotic matter is just enough to close in the points in space directly around the island. What this would do is leave the island in tact but close in all other areas around the island into a much smaller point. To put it simply, this would be like putting the island inside a balloon where the island is in tact in the centre but the space around it (i.e. the rubber of the balloon) would be pulled in to a single point (i.e. the blow hole at the top of the balloon) by the power of the exotic matter.

This would explain a few things:

1.The bearing of 325 on the compass would be the one direction that can lead people in and out of the islands central area in space. Going back to the balloon analogy, this would be the one direction in and out of the blow hole at the end of the balloon. Going any other direction would lead a person straight into the curved space (caused by the exotic matter) around the island and ultimately direct them back to the island (as Desmond found out when trying to escape by boat).

2.The space would be pulled in to such a small point in the pacific ocean that unless ships or planes were traveling directly down the ‘blow hole’ they would pass straight past the island and never come into contact with it or see it. This is why it has been so hard for so many people to find the island.

3.Going back to the General Theory of Relativity and curvatures in space: the light would take longer to travel around the spacial area containing the island than it would outside the area (i.e. all the way around the inside of the balloon vs a quick flash past the balloons blowhole). Therefore should the curvature in space be large enough, all inhabitants inside the islands spacial area would perceive time differently than those outside. This would go some way to explaining the changes in the time of day when the helicopter transported Desmond etc from the island to the boat for the first time.

4.Finally, if you combine the exotic matter theory with the intense electromagnetic forces present on the island it would be possible to explain why the plane first went missing as it was essentially sucked through the opening in the space curvature and onto the island.

Everyones opinion on this would be very welcome. I am the only one out of my friends who watches LOST and it i extremely frustrating not being able to discuss what’s going on!!!

Regards,

Deevo

P.S. for anyone who understands the above and is as big a geek as I am then yes this is in fact how you would also explain the nature of the Tardis from Doctor Who. The centre of the Tardis sits in the middle of the space curvature and exotic matter pulls in space to a single point (i.e. the entrance to the Tardis). This is why from the outside the space looks small but on the inside there is loads of room.