Just a theory

One of the best parts about the show Lost is that it raises just as many question as it answers. It has an enormous back-story and depth to it's characters, which makes it so much fun to talk about "by the watercooler". So I have a new theory that only a "Lost" fan would understand. I was watching the last episode which describes Desmond's story in more detail. There is a character in his flashback/dream who is able to see into the future but doesn't act on her knowledge. She says that the universe corrects itself and that even if you intervened, the same thing would just occur again later. For example, if you knew someone was going to be killed in a certain way, you could prevent their death, but the universe would keep making attempt after attempt. You would have to intervene over and over and over. She then tells Desmond that pushing the button is the most important thing he would ever do with his life. Later in the episode we see how this plays out, when Desmond is able to see that Charlie is going to die and has to intervene twice. This made me think. We still don't know why the "Others" are still on the island. I think I might... just might... have the answer. Here it is... the Others have already found a way to unbalance the equation and change the destiny of human-kind. They succeeded in their experiments. (If you don't know about the equation, click here to find out )The reason they are still on the island is that the UNIVERSE CORRECTS ITSELF. The others have to keep intervening. They have to keep pushing the button an affecting the other environmental factors represented by the numbers in the equation. Now that the button seems to be out of the picture, there must be other experiments that were successful. Anyway, I'm interested to see how the story plays out. For those who have no clue what I'm talking about, you really need to check out the show.