Too Afraid NOT to Believe?
I know the Lost phenomenon is long past... that television show that gathered a cult following. However, I've been re-watching the entire show... largely in hopes of finally understanding it... well, and making it past season 3. I'm not sure I understand it any better now than the first time around, but I have made a few observations. Take the character, Desmond, for example. He is taken into the service of the Dharma Initiative to type in a series of numbers into an ancient computer every 108 minutes. He fully believes that, due to a strange accident long ago, typing these numbers saves the world. When Jack, Locke, and Kate find Desmond, living in the underground hatch with his ancient computer, everything seems to unravel. Jack challenges Desmond--"How do you know the numbers do anything?" It's a fair question... I would wonder after years of typing numbers if I had been duped or become the victim of a psychology experiment. Desmond cannot prove the world w...