Great post - I agree with you, [and disagree with the other posts]
Lost is amazing, and I believe has been 'manifested' in such
'co-incidental' ways [if you follow the production, which I do]
that it's a brilliant litmus of our new-found abilities to
re-write and incept reality and legends. IMHO.
and btw they eclipse most 'radical' ideas on forums like this,
they certainly don't draw from them.
these places are used as culture-tests, a bit like
project serpo
I reckon Lapides is a candidate because he looks like
Samuel............................................ ........?
the producers say it's not alternate realities...
I reckon it's war between parallel realities....
we shall see..