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Debunking the Science On ABC's 'Lost'

by Evan Shamoon on April 28, 2008 at 12:11 PM




If you're a living, breathing human being, it's safe to say you watch 'Lost.' But do you ever wonder just how "scientific" their science is? Popular Mechanics did, and spoke with its creators about it.

Apparently, show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse "agonize over the real-life science behind the sci-fi drama as much as they do over six-year plot arcs and love triangles."

Of course, it's not all hard science, but before the crew in Hawaii gets going, eight writers in Los Angeles dissect each episode like a polar bear cadaver. Script coordinator Greg Nations tracks down specific research, while the rest of the writer's room relies on their own knowledge and decades of engineering know-how passed down by Cuse's father.

Interestingly, though, Michio Kaku, author of Physics of the Impossible, thinks the 'Lost' creators are "using cutting-edge science to lay the groundwork for a transversible wormhole to another point in space and time" – specifically the Orchid station, which Lindelhof and Cuse have promised would be a key to the next few episodes. "They're amping up the energy to the point where space and time begin to tear, and the fabric begins to rip," says Kaku. "When the fabric of space and time begin to rip, things that we consider impossible become possible again."

Continue the geekout at PopMech. [Source: Popular Mechanics]

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