The Philadelphia Experiment

[ThePXperiment]

I believe that the entire premise of LOST stems from the true-to-life Philadelphia Experiment that began in mid-1943 and dealt with intense Quantum Physics and Time Travel (well, technically they were looking for cloaking technology.) I wont get into all my little reasonings just yet, but quite a bit of it ties directly into similar instances on the island and off the island in the past and in the future/present.

Wikipedia these two things: The Philadelphia Experiment and The Montauk Project.

I'd love to hear everyone elses thoughts on this concept.

[Here'sLOCKEing at you,Kid]

I believe that the entire premise of LOST stems from the true-to-life Philadelphia Experiment that began in mid-1943 and dealt with intense Quantum Physics and Time Travel (well, technically they were looking for cloaking technology.) I wont get into all my little reasonings just yet, but quite a bit of it ties directly into similar instances on the island and off the island in the past and in the future/present.

Wikipedia these two things: The Philadelphia Experiment and The Montauk Project.

I'd love to hear everyone elses thoughts on this concept.

Philadelphia Experiment was a good little movie. I remember it well, but several things didn't add up and seemed contrived to fit their story. But if you really want a quality input on whether or not quantum physics and time travel has validation in Lost, you should ask JJ McAbraham from our forum.
I hope he sees your entry and can offer more on this. He's worth listening to. Fascinating.

[ThePXperiment]

While I agree that the movie 'The Philadelphia Experiment' was a good little movie (and that it made things up to fit the plot...as all movies do.) I was not, in fact, referencing the movie at all as I hoped to imply when I said both:

"the true-to-life project that began in mid-1943" and "wikipedia these two things: The Philadelphia Experiment and The Montauk Project"

The actual Philadelphia Experiment was much more intensely grounded in science, time travel, electromagnetism, and other closely related LOST elements that I believe make up a very solid basis that the writers could grab from and work towards on the show.

The Montauk Project is the later extension of The Philadelphia Experiment (also sometimes called Project Rainbow) and ended in mid-1983 after some intensely interesting developments. I wont' translate the entire story, as it is found on Wikipedia in much more detail; however, I apologize if it was not clear that I was not referencing the movie and was, actually, talking about real projects.

[chester]

I love this idea even more now with FlashForward and all...

[navyguy]

I believe that the entire premise of LOST stems from the true-to-life Philadelphia Experiment that began in mid-1943 and dealt with intense Quantum Physics and Time Travel (well, technically they were looking for cloaking technology.) I wont get into all my little reasonings just yet, but quite a bit of it ties directly into similar instances on the island and off the island in the past and in the future/present.

Wikipedia these two things: The Philadelphia Experiment and The Montauk Project.

I'd love to hear everyone elses thoughts on this concept.

As a totally unrelated note....i was reading in wikipedia. Its totally convienient how, when the ship wasn't properly calibrated, it teleported from the philly shipyard to NORFOLK VIRGINIA where the entire 2nd fleet is ported. hmmm.....very misterious

[Dzbabykel]

I actually find this super interesting and I agree Chester, that has been my theory for Flashforward...that its all a human experiment, although I doubt it would the case in Lost. I think too many people would be way too dissapointed with that ending.

[chester]

I actually find this super interesting and I agree Chester, that has been my theory for Flashforward...that its all a human experiment, although I doubt it would the case in Lost. I think too many people would be way too dissapointed with that ending.

Yeah, I don't think it will be quite like that either, but I'd prefer a "scientific" answer to how the island moves through space and time, and where/how it might possibly exist, rather than a "mystical" one.

I think there is definitely much more to the story of LOST than some bumbling scientists' experiments, although with Dharma, that seems to be incorporated...