Interesting theory

Here's a theory I found on the Fark.com Lost discussion from last night. I'm not sure how much truth it has, but it's food for thought.

THE ANSWER TO THE SHOW: The island is the remnants of a civilization in Earth’s future (for the sake of this theory lets say the events on the island are taking place in the Earth year 3000). The island natives are dying and are seeking a way to survive and renew the human populace. Either the island natives found a wormhole (on, above, or near the island) that allows them to time travel back to our present (2001) where they have searched out the help of scientists and the Dharma Initiative. Or the Dharma initiative found this wormhole in our present and has exploited the island to the point that they created an “incident” that destroyed this future civilization. Here are the pieces that led me to the above: FOUR TOED STATUE: Scientists have said that the pinky toe on present day humans is slowly receding and over time we will evolve to only have four toes. The four toed statue signifies the remnants of a FUTURE society. NOT a society of the past. THE SUBMARINE: Ben has said that the submarine, if destroyed, would take away the illusion that his volunteers can leave the island. Juliet was drugged prior to her departure to the island in the present, but awoke on the island in the submarine. She was placed in the submarine to again create the illusion that she traveled to this island (this future Earth) through conventional means. But rather, she flew, paddled, or walked through a wormhole that took her from our present to the future Earth. If she had been aware of where she was going (and more importantly WHEN in time she was going) she may not have gone willingly and the island natives need her skills too much to lose her. DESMOND AND THE TURNING OF THE KEY: Upon turning the key Desmond went back in time. So we are quite aware that wormholes (i.e. time travel) are apparent in the universe of this narrative. Desmond is warned by the old woman that events are predestined and must happen a certain way; You cannot change events. She says this so that he does not effect the space time continuum and change the present Earth in a way that would prevent certain 815ers from getting on the plane. Everyone on that plane was supposed to be on it for a reason to the benefit of the future earth civilization in the year 3000. BEN WON’T LEAVE THE ISLAND FOR HIS CANCER AND HE WON’T LET ANYONE ELSE LEAVE: If Ben leaves the island (future Earth) to go to our present or another period in the past, or if he lets an 815er go back to our present or the past, it may change the space time continuum and destroy the universe. Juliet and the 815ers are believed to be dead in our present and if they go back, it changes the the history of events and alters the civilization in the year 3000 on the island. Possibly for the worse. If you have ever seen the movie “Millenium” this will help you to understand this piece of the puzzle. BEN AND JULIET KNOW THINGS ABOUT THE 815ers THAT NO ONE WOULD KNOW: As the island is Earth of the future, and assuming the island natives can go through a wormhole that allows them to go through time, they can collect information and go to moments in the lives of the 815ers at a moments notice. They can be eyewitnesses to the events in the lives of the 815ers in our present or any period before they boarded the Oceanic flight. In our present, when the plane disappeared, the world believed that all the 815ers died. Perhaps, for years following their disappearance, various info on the lives of these people became public via news outlets. The 815ers life stories became documented and were easily accessible to an island native traveling back in time. As the island natives of Earth in the year 3000 could go back in time, they can collect all this information that became newscoops. THE 815ers ARE HANDPICKED AND ARE CONNECTED: Everyone of the 815ers has good reason never to return to our present. Whether it be disease or skeleton’s in the closet.