mmille31
09-27-05, 04:16 PM
A Theory on the Numbers
Executive Producer Damon Lindelof for LOST has already said that the LOST team got the numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42) from somewhere, and that the only number he would revel where it came from was the number 23. (see link: www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kr...ndex.html) (http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kristin/Trans/Lindelof/index.html)) 23 was used because of its significance in the science fiction writings of Robert Anton Wilson (see: www.maybelogic.net/demo/i...Itemid=45) (http://www.maybelogic.net/demo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=45))
This got me thinking as to where the other numbers came from. My theory is that the numbers were all taken for their significance in other science fiction works/satires. The easiest one to pin down, besides 23, would have to be the number 42. 42 is the answer answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything that the computer Deep Thought comes up with in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy written by Douglas Adams. (see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The...he_Galaxy) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)) Like the number 23, the number 42 is used repetatively by a science fiction starist to explain the deeper meanings of the world.
This leaves my with 4 8 15 16. My theory on 4 and 8 is that they really are meant to be used together as 48. 48 has significance in the science fiction satirical world because of the novel 1984 by George Orwell. Orwell came up with 1984 when he wrote the famous book in the year 1948 in Scotland. (see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin...ghty-Four) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four)) Throughout the novel, the numbers 4 and 8 play significance, and Orwell finds meaning in them.
This of course leaves me with the final two numbers 15 and 16. As for these, I am at a loss. I am having trouble placing their significance in key science fiction satires. On the one hand, I think that 15 could some how relate to Fahrenheit 451, but that would mean that my placing of the number 4 with Orwell could be wrong. Then again, fifteen could somehow relate to the age of young Alex in A Clockwork Orange. But again, this doesn’t add up because 15 wasn’t the key number to that book, the number 21 was.
As for the number 16, I don’t have a clue. Any ideas people?
Executive Producer Damon Lindelof for LOST has already said that the LOST team got the numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42) from somewhere, and that the only number he would revel where it came from was the number 23. (see link: www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kr...ndex.html) (http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kristin/Trans/Lindelof/index.html)) 23 was used because of its significance in the science fiction writings of Robert Anton Wilson (see: www.maybelogic.net/demo/i...Itemid=45) (http://www.maybelogic.net/demo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=45))
This got me thinking as to where the other numbers came from. My theory is that the numbers were all taken for their significance in other science fiction works/satires. The easiest one to pin down, besides 23, would have to be the number 42. 42 is the answer answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything that the computer Deep Thought comes up with in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy written by Douglas Adams. (see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The...he_Galaxy) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)) Like the number 23, the number 42 is used repetatively by a science fiction starist to explain the deeper meanings of the world.
This leaves my with 4 8 15 16. My theory on 4 and 8 is that they really are meant to be used together as 48. 48 has significance in the science fiction satirical world because of the novel 1984 by George Orwell. Orwell came up with 1984 when he wrote the famous book in the year 1948 in Scotland. (see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin...ghty-Four) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four)) Throughout the novel, the numbers 4 and 8 play significance, and Orwell finds meaning in them.
This of course leaves me with the final two numbers 15 and 16. As for these, I am at a loss. I am having trouble placing their significance in key science fiction satires. On the one hand, I think that 15 could some how relate to Fahrenheit 451, but that would mean that my placing of the number 4 with Orwell could be wrong. Then again, fifteen could somehow relate to the age of young Alex in A Clockwork Orange. But again, this doesn’t add up because 15 wasn’t the key number to that book, the number 21 was.
As for the number 16, I don’t have a clue. Any ideas people?