http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4263315.html
When we interviewed the creators of Lost, they hinted at big things to
come=97and in last night=92s Locke-centric episode, =93Cabin Fever,=94 we
finally found out this season=92s end game: If Locke wants to save the
island, he=92s going to have to move it.
So just how can Locke move the island=96-and where will he move it, for
that matter? Michio Kaku, author of =93Physics of the Impossible,=94 told
us he thinks that Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are using the
island=92s unique properties=AD=97namely its electromagnet and the Casimir
Effect hinted at in the Orchid Station orientation video=97to open a
transversible wormhole to different points in time and space. (=DCber-
baddie Keamy seemed to verify that when he pulled the Orchid-Station-
emblazed =93secondary protocol=94 from the ****p=92s safe. He said the
do***ent would tell him =93where Linus is going. If Linus knows we=92re
going to torch the island, there=92s only one place he could go.=94)
The Casimir Effect and transversible wormholes are real, cutting-edge
science, Kaku says. =93The Casimir Effect has to do with the energy of
the vacuum,=94 he says. =93It=92s negative energy that has bizarre
properties.=94 Black holes, he says, could open up a ****tal to another
universe, but it would be a one-way trip because they=92re unstable and
can=92t stay open on their own. Casimir energy could, in theory, keep
the gateway from closing and create a transversible wormhole.
According to Kaku, if an energy source like Lost=92s big electromagnet
were present, a black hole could open up and the island=92s Casimir
Effect could keep it open, creating a ****tal.
We=92ve already seen some time and space jumping on the show=AD. First,
Ben=92s arrival in the Tunisian desert in Dr. Halliwax=92s Orchid Station
parka hinted at the island=92s ability to shuttle people around to
different locations. And just as strange, it seems that the time
difference between the freighter and the island is changing: In the
previous episode, it was nighttime when Faraday used the sat-phone-
turned-telegraph to ask what happened to the doctor, but it was
daylight when the freighter folk received the message; Keamy didn=92t
slit his throat until later. (Note: We=92re assuming =93Cabin Fever=94
chronologically follows =93The Shape of Things to Come.=94)
But how realistic is moving an entire island through time and space?
According to Kaku, there are two ways it could be possible: Quantum
tele****tation, which would zap the island from one place to another;
or through a wormhole, which could theoretically move the island to
different points in either space or time. Quantum tele****tation of
photons and atoms already exists, says Kaku=AD=97the record is 600 meters
over the Danube River=97but =93to move an island would require technology
centuries more advanced than what we have now.=94 (Kaku also thinks this
is unlikely since the show hasn=92t yet mentioned quantum entanglement,
which is necessary for this kind of tele****tation to occur.)
While the wormhole theory might seem more likely given what we know
about the Orchid Station, the amount of energy needed to move an
island through a wormhole, Kaku says, is immense=97you=92d need the
positive energy of a star and negative energy with a mass the size of
Jupiter just to create a wormhole big enough for a person=97and you=92d
need very advanced technology millions of years beyond our own to do
it. =93In principal, they are within the laws of physics,=94 Kaku says,
=93but it would be very advanced laws of physics, and it=92s something we
can=92t exploit at the present time.=94 Plus, there could be consequences.
=93If you=92re not careful, you could swallow up the earth in the
process.=94=97Erin Scottberg
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