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The island, or more specifically the light at the center of the island, is the source and main force behind life on earth. On top of that the island itself works as a sort of cork that keeps the light flowing and the equal but opposite force (evil/death) from escaping the island. Bing so close to such a powerful battle of the powers of the universe can make some pretty crazy things happen IE magic.

The dharma initiative was researching specific spots around the world that had stronger than normal levels of this strange electromagnetic force that they had discovered. They knew the force was powerful and could be used for their scientific gain, what they did not know was the fact that the force they were researching was actually the overflow of the light, which had pockets of intensity through out the world. It was strongest on the island so they decided to move in and continue their research.

Now to explain the Others weird traditions I have to explain Jacob. Jacob and his brother, the man in black were the newborn children of a shipwrecked girl who washed up on the island thousands of years ago. the girl died, but the two babies were saved by a woman who had somehow been given the responsibility of "protector of the island" Her job was to protect the light from the rest of the world, and to make sure the evil never escaped. The protector of the island can tap in to its vast power and use it to control almost every aspect of life on the island. Once the old woman had finally passed away, Jacob was given the torch and decided to make a few changes. I'll get to the other changes in a bit, but most importantly he decided that if he were to be a god like figure, he would want the people who made their way onto the island through out history to have free will and have the ability to make their own decisions. He recruited Richard Alpert to be his voice and then went into hiding under the foot of an Egyptian statue. Because of this 'hands off' attitude, when Ben finally came into power, the others started doing less than cool stuff like kidnapping and so on. Ben never got a single order from Jacob, but he wanted to be special, so he pretended that he did. All the things the others did were because of Ben's misguided orders.

The babies died on the island because of the events of the 1970s. Im not really sure what Jacobs motivations were, but he decided after that surge of electromagnetic activity, it would be better if their weren't any more children on the island. at least until the survivors came (the candidates for his replacement)

The numbers are not exactly explained, but they are important numbers of power. Jacob had assigned one of them to each of his potential replacements, and they were involved in the equation the dharma initiative used to find the island. Really I personally think the numbers were the universe bringing everyone together in the right way. Hurley won the lottery because that series of events would lead him to the island eventually.

Hurleys girlfriend was in the psychiatric hospital because she had mental breakdowns.

The dharma initiative built the fence. I don't know how it works but they were good at science so I assume its some crazy thing. And yeah it is pretty dumb that the smoke monster couldn't get over it but maybe he just couldn't jump very well?

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