PILOT CLUE
With the talk surrounding the Perception Theory we got on the pilot – the first episode, the actual pilot, Desmond being a pilot, etc. I then received some feedback that suggested the clue from the first show was actually that Jack Shephard did not crash, but flashed!
I’ll need to rewatch Ajira 316 but it was clear some people left the plane prior to the landing. The clue might be that Jack also flashed. This takes us back to Kate claiming she saw the whole thing…in other words, she did not flash!
The ramifications are interesting and endless, but it deserved a follow-up to our most recent conversation.
CLASH OF THE THEORIES
You might recall that TIDBITS was on a kick a couple months back with the Computer Theory. I still don’t want to lose track of that because one way to make the Perception Theory and all the other theories work together might still be something related to a computer. For example, the time travel is just strange stuff, right? What if we shift our perception to the point where we normally are which is: time travel can’t happen. Now make that fit in the show. What do we have remaining? Well, that is the big question, but what if it is just a bunch of virtual reality computers involved in some memory altering experiment.
Keep this point in mind: even a lie usually contains a nugget of truth. The challenge is often that we focus on the wrong thing. What if the really important things is not strange time travel but the emphasis on Dharma’s experiments. It seems like we forget some of the earlier season’s concepts.
Maybe I’ll get back to the computer theory this summer.
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Short and sweet, but I have a birthday to celebrate!
Enjoy,
KC
Monday, July 20, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
LT282: The Perception Theory Expands
PARTY OVER
Well the confetti has been swept up and the cake is all eaten. I’m talking about the celebration for 15,000 hits on LOST TIDBITS!
So, let’s get back to the analysis of LOST. Specifically, the Perception Theory. As you have read, the idea is that the prop errors we have noticed are not errors but clues. The clue is that it depends on our perception. When we see a prop error it means there are two (or more) timelines that are close, but not quite the same.
THE LOOP THAT MATTERS
As I was pondering the Perception Theory an idea hit me: what if we have seen the final loop? Is there a prop error-like scene that shows us the perception that explains the final outcome?
I propose there is such a scene and that is John Locke’s sweat lodge dream.
First, recall (or go back a few posts and revisit) that we noticed that stairs seemed to play a role in all this. For example, the prop error of choice is Miles going up and down the stairs as the picture frames change. Or when Boone has the vision of his nanny falling up the stairs and down the stairs. Well, John’s dream sequence is a) with Boone and b) involving stairs. Ok, the stairs are escalators, but work with me.
Let’s take a quick look at a few points in this post…
WHEELCHAIR
In the dream, John is told he will need his wheelchair. Why? I believe it is because that is how the final loop will end for John. Once in the wheelchair, always in a wheelchair. Fate will course correct – not as in improved walking skills for Mr. Locke, but back to where he was destined to be.
DESMOND
One of the more interesting things about John’s dream is that Desmond is shown as a pilot. Recall in previous posts we mentioned the title of episodes may have been a clue, specifically the first one, “The Pilot”. Could the clue be Desmond will end up being an aircraft pilot? He does seem to be on the fringe of the Survivors instead of tightly integrated with them.
As a side note, one reader reminded me that I forgot one pilot to mention: the pilot of the Black Rock. Oh yes, that person has to figure into the story to support the Perception Theory! Good catch!
NEXT ON TIDBITS
This should generate some conversation! Let me know what you think. Next time out we will take a look closer at the dream and the other outcomes for our Survivors as well any evidence to support this Perception Theory.
If you enjoyed the post, please consider clicking on the ad for me.
Thanks for reading!
Enjoy,
KC
Well the confetti has been swept up and the cake is all eaten. I’m talking about the celebration for 15,000 hits on LOST TIDBITS!
So, let’s get back to the analysis of LOST. Specifically, the Perception Theory. As you have read, the idea is that the prop errors we have noticed are not errors but clues. The clue is that it depends on our perception. When we see a prop error it means there are two (or more) timelines that are close, but not quite the same.
THE LOOP THAT MATTERS
As I was pondering the Perception Theory an idea hit me: what if we have seen the final loop? Is there a prop error-like scene that shows us the perception that explains the final outcome?
I propose there is such a scene and that is John Locke’s sweat lodge dream.
First, recall (or go back a few posts and revisit) that we noticed that stairs seemed to play a role in all this. For example, the prop error of choice is Miles going up and down the stairs as the picture frames change. Or when Boone has the vision of his nanny falling up the stairs and down the stairs. Well, John’s dream sequence is a) with Boone and b) involving stairs. Ok, the stairs are escalators, but work with me.
Let’s take a quick look at a few points in this post…
WHEELCHAIR
In the dream, John is told he will need his wheelchair. Why? I believe it is because that is how the final loop will end for John. Once in the wheelchair, always in a wheelchair. Fate will course correct – not as in improved walking skills for Mr. Locke, but back to where he was destined to be.
DESMOND
One of the more interesting things about John’s dream is that Desmond is shown as a pilot. Recall in previous posts we mentioned the title of episodes may have been a clue, specifically the first one, “The Pilot”. Could the clue be Desmond will end up being an aircraft pilot? He does seem to be on the fringe of the Survivors instead of tightly integrated with them.
As a side note, one reader reminded me that I forgot one pilot to mention: the pilot of the Black Rock. Oh yes, that person has to figure into the story to support the Perception Theory! Good catch!
NEXT ON TIDBITS
This should generate some conversation! Let me know what you think. Next time out we will take a look closer at the dream and the other outcomes for our Survivors as well any evidence to support this Perception Theory.
If you enjoyed the post, please consider clicking on the ad for me.
Thanks for reading!
Enjoy,
KC
LT281: 4, 8, and Now 15
THANK YOU
Today LOST TIDBITS received its 15,000 visitor! As you know the Numbers are my threshold, so it is a nice level to hit. And the thanks goes to you, the readers, for making it happen!
I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than for each person to click one ad for me! HA! I'm so close to that threshold of getting my first check after 14 months and 280 postings.
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Oh, you can expect a "real" post later today!
Thanks so much for reading!
KC
Today LOST TIDBITS received its 15,000 visitor! As you know the Numbers are my threshold, so it is a nice level to hit. And the thanks goes to you, the readers, for making it happen!
I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than for each person to click one ad for me! HA! I'm so close to that threshold of getting my first check after 14 months and 280 postings.
**
Oh, you can expect a "real" post later today!
Thanks so much for reading!
KC
Sunday, July 12, 2009
LT280: Cloud Thoughts
Cloud Thoughts are those times when you lie on your back, look up at the clouds passing by overhead and just think about random stuff. One such thought was about the timing of the personnel in the Swan Hatch…
SWAN STAFF
We’ve met Stuart Radzinsky in 1977. In at least in one time loop Radzinsky was a button-pusher in the Swan Hatch. He was there long enough to be partnered with Kelvin Joe Inman.
It is estimated that Kelvin arrived after the Purge, so let’s say late 1992. Kelvin was previously a military member stationed in Iraq during the Persian Gulf War. This is where he crosses paths with Desmond.
My cloud thought is this: could Radzinsky have EVER made it through 1992? If so, this means the Swan Hatch gets built instead of blown-up by Juliet’s rock-inducing explosion. My other cloud thought is: doesn’t that cloud on the left look a little like the Jughead bomb?
THE PERCEPTION THEORY
When giving this theory some consideration, I happened to be looking for that scene with Miles going up and down the staircase where the picture frames changed. It seemed the episode titles might be some clues for this theory. Here’s some examples:
The Pilot – as you are probably aware, the first show in a series is called the “pilot episode”. Not even sure where this term comes from, but we are left wondering if Season 1, Episode 1 is a “pilot episode” or if the pilot episode is entitled, “The Pilot”.
From my perception, it seems the answer is “The Pilot” – as in a capital “P”. It is about the guy flying the plane. I’m thinking that all crafts that have crashed on the Island are operated by persons who are pilots. Planes for sure. Hot air balloons, I’m pretty sure they are called pilots. Does one pilot a ship?
Our list of pilots include: Desmond Hume, Henry Gale, Seth Norris aboard Oceanic 815, pilot on the staged Oceanic aircraft, pilot of the Coast Guard transport plane with the Oceanic 6 aboard, and Frank Lapidus who piloted two aircraft so far – the helicopter and Ajira 316.
From my perception, I think the person piloting the aircraft is a major clue.
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Orientation – these falls right into the Perception Theory nicely for your orientation affects your perception.
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Whatever Happened, Happened – I wonder if this title is not one of the biggest clues. In terms of the Perception Theory, it seems this title explains only one of the perceptions. For example, notice the used of the past tense. Both sides of the statement are in the past. Only from the perception of looking back would this be true.
In thinking about this episode title, it seems the proper title should have been “Whatever Happens, Happened”. In other words, the things going on now (and in the future) are predestined to occur. In fact, there is nothing clever or noteworthy of saying, “what happened yesterday has already happened”. That’s a big Duh! So instead of just being obvious, I think it is a major clue.
From my perspective the title is really saying that whatever happened to a) an individual in b) one of several time loops did actually occur for those two conditions. But it in no way precludes from other things happening for other people at other times. Clear? HA!
THE MAGAZINE
I was hoping the official LOST magazine that came out last month would be great, but was a bit disappointed. It celebrates the 100th episode of LOST and happened to be edition number 23 – so you can see why my hopes were high.
If I tried real hard to find some interesting angle it would be that the focused on the episode, “The Variable”. They even have two editions and the variable is the cover where Locke and Ben are found on the special edition. Maybe that one contains a bit more. I’ll keep you posted if I find something.
NEXT ON TIDBITS
Send me an email or leave a comment if you have a discussion topic you would like researched or discussed. On Wednesday’s post, you will find my proposed Perception Theory end game!
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If you enjoyed this post, please take a moment to click on one of the ads after you finish reading. Thanks!
Enjoy,
KC
SWAN STAFF
We’ve met Stuart Radzinsky in 1977. In at least in one time loop Radzinsky was a button-pusher in the Swan Hatch. He was there long enough to be partnered with Kelvin Joe Inman.
It is estimated that Kelvin arrived after the Purge, so let’s say late 1992. Kelvin was previously a military member stationed in Iraq during the Persian Gulf War. This is where he crosses paths with Desmond.
My cloud thought is this: could Radzinsky have EVER made it through 1992? If so, this means the Swan Hatch gets built instead of blown-up by Juliet’s rock-inducing explosion. My other cloud thought is: doesn’t that cloud on the left look a little like the Jughead bomb?
THE PERCEPTION THEORY
When giving this theory some consideration, I happened to be looking for that scene with Miles going up and down the staircase where the picture frames changed. It seemed the episode titles might be some clues for this theory. Here’s some examples:
The Pilot – as you are probably aware, the first show in a series is called the “pilot episode”. Not even sure where this term comes from, but we are left wondering if Season 1, Episode 1 is a “pilot episode” or if the pilot episode is entitled, “The Pilot”.
From my perception, it seems the answer is “The Pilot” – as in a capital “P”. It is about the guy flying the plane. I’m thinking that all crafts that have crashed on the Island are operated by persons who are pilots. Planes for sure. Hot air balloons, I’m pretty sure they are called pilots. Does one pilot a ship?
Our list of pilots include: Desmond Hume, Henry Gale, Seth Norris aboard Oceanic 815, pilot on the staged Oceanic aircraft, pilot of the Coast Guard transport plane with the Oceanic 6 aboard, and Frank Lapidus who piloted two aircraft so far – the helicopter and Ajira 316.
From my perception, I think the person piloting the aircraft is a major clue.
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Orientation – these falls right into the Perception Theory nicely for your orientation affects your perception.
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Whatever Happened, Happened – I wonder if this title is not one of the biggest clues. In terms of the Perception Theory, it seems this title explains only one of the perceptions. For example, notice the used of the past tense. Both sides of the statement are in the past. Only from the perception of looking back would this be true.
In thinking about this episode title, it seems the proper title should have been “Whatever Happens, Happened”. In other words, the things going on now (and in the future) are predestined to occur. In fact, there is nothing clever or noteworthy of saying, “what happened yesterday has already happened”. That’s a big Duh! So instead of just being obvious, I think it is a major clue.
From my perspective the title is really saying that whatever happened to a) an individual in b) one of several time loops did actually occur for those two conditions. But it in no way precludes from other things happening for other people at other times. Clear? HA!
THE MAGAZINE
I was hoping the official LOST magazine that came out last month would be great, but was a bit disappointed. It celebrates the 100th episode of LOST and happened to be edition number 23 – so you can see why my hopes were high.
If I tried real hard to find some interesting angle it would be that the focused on the episode, “The Variable”. They even have two editions and the variable is the cover where Locke and Ben are found on the special edition. Maybe that one contains a bit more. I’ll keep you posted if I find something.
NEXT ON TIDBITS
Send me an email or leave a comment if you have a discussion topic you would like researched or discussed. On Wednesday’s post, you will find my proposed Perception Theory end game!
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If you enjoyed this post, please take a moment to click on one of the ads after you finish reading. Thanks!
Enjoy,
KC
Thursday, July 9, 2009
LT279: Thinking Out Loud
SEASON 6 NEWS
Word is that LOST Season 6 will be one hour longer raising the total of hours remaining to 18. Beep…beep…beep.
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Season 5 Blu-ray is expected out in time for Christmas, but if you can’t wait, then Seasons 1 and 2 have been re-leased on this format.
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The official companion to the show, LOST: Messages from the Island, was published June 30…just in time for my birthday if the wife is listening.
QUICK FIRE SUGGESTIONS
John Locke isn’t any more dead that Charlotte Malkin. She is the psychic’s daughter who was thought to have drowned but then was raised from the dead on the doctor’s autopsy table.
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COMIC CON has the LOST panel scheduled for July 25 and we always get good things from that!
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When Desmond turns the Fail Safe key he mentally flashes to England and sees Charlie playing guitar, but when Charlie has his flashback (shown, not actually “had”) there is no Desmond…don’t forget The Perception Theory!
READER COMMENTS
As promised, here is some feedback…
TIDBITS mentioned the Michigan Tablets a while back and someone wrote asking about more information on them. Here is a good link to begin with found on the Ancient America website: http://www.ancientamerican.com/article26p1.htm
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From Greg…
He writes that maybe the circle of events will take us back to 2004 to re-do the show, but this time with Claire and the baby getting on the helicopter…just like Desmond said would happen. This is a comment to my Perception Theory in that we don’t have the right scenes lined up with each other. In other words, Claire doesn’t die or walk off into the jungle with Christian. When that flash to repeat occurs, Miles is not on the island and he may then flash to where is in the bedroom with his dustbuster and so when he walks down the stairs, the time has changed.
KC responds: Greg, I really like the way you’ve applied the theory. Now as soon as my college classes give me a break I hope to get back to LOST REVIEW to try and find the pattern. Is it rain? Something to do with the Numbers? I do believe there is a pattern to be discovered.
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Ms. Wendy writes (and it always a pleasure to hear from you)…
Could it be that Walt is special in terms of art/drawing or could it be more magnetic?
KC responds: I like magnetic. If my biology class has been any good at all it has been the fact that it pointed out birds have a compound in their heads that give them a magnetic bearing to the north. One might say like a COMPASS. You might be asking, “What’s a compass do?” Well, it points north, John. I’m just saying that the simple explanations are sometimes right in front of us! Opps, I’m responding one paragraph at a time and you just point that out about birds. But I’m demanding a refund of my college tuition because they never told me polar bears and cows operate the same way. Too weird! One thing to throw on the heap of ideas…cows have that tendency to huddle up when bad weather approaches.
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Greg is back for more commenting on Ms. Wendy’s. He wonders out loud…
Could Jacob’s touch have instilled some magnetic properties into our Survivors? And this then could be extended to suggest that the Man in Black is a negative charge while Jacob is positively charged.
KC responds: But opposites attract, right? Maybe that is why the two men can’t get away from each other, but the maybe it is the POLAR opposite (sorry, polar came from just writing about bears). Anyway, I’m reminded of Jesus and Lucifer – both angels (positively charged?) and when you add a dash of free will, one decided to go bad (negatively charged?). While making the two beings opposite of each other, then are attracted forever.
OR…they are not opposite, but one is “real” while the other is counterfeit. Sort of like tequila from agave regions and those clones. I wonder if part of real-life confusion for humans AND the show’s message is wrapped up in the fact that we don’t have mirror-images as much as we just struggle to tell the real from the fake?
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Someone…I think Librarian…suggested a copy of The Golden Bough be read. Well, I have it and it looks way to think to start during my summer semester. But it will be consumed and looks to have value long after LOST becomes a fading memory.
NEXT ON TIDBITS
I have a follow-up to the Perception Theory which I hope you will enjoy. I have an idea of how the “final loop” will be perceived. Yes, a real prediction for us to look for and the best part…we’ve already seen it. How’s that for a teaser?
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If you enjoyed this post, please do me a big favor and click one of the ads. Thanks for reading!
Enjoy,
KC
Word is that LOST Season 6 will be one hour longer raising the total of hours remaining to 18. Beep…beep…beep.
**
Season 5 Blu-ray is expected out in time for Christmas, but if you can’t wait, then Seasons 1 and 2 have been re-leased on this format.
**
The official companion to the show, LOST: Messages from the Island, was published June 30…just in time for my birthday if the wife is listening.
QUICK FIRE SUGGESTIONS
John Locke isn’t any more dead that Charlotte Malkin. She is the psychic’s daughter who was thought to have drowned but then was raised from the dead on the doctor’s autopsy table.
**
COMIC CON has the LOST panel scheduled for July 25 and we always get good things from that!
**
When Desmond turns the Fail Safe key he mentally flashes to England and sees Charlie playing guitar, but when Charlie has his flashback (shown, not actually “had”) there is no Desmond…don’t forget The Perception Theory!
READER COMMENTS
As promised, here is some feedback…
TIDBITS mentioned the Michigan Tablets a while back and someone wrote asking about more information on them. Here is a good link to begin with found on the Ancient America website: http://www.ancientamerican.com/article26p1.htm
**
From Greg…
He writes that maybe the circle of events will take us back to 2004 to re-do the show, but this time with Claire and the baby getting on the helicopter…just like Desmond said would happen. This is a comment to my Perception Theory in that we don’t have the right scenes lined up with each other. In other words, Claire doesn’t die or walk off into the jungle with Christian. When that flash to repeat occurs, Miles is not on the island and he may then flash to where is in the bedroom with his dustbuster and so when he walks down the stairs, the time has changed.
KC responds: Greg, I really like the way you’ve applied the theory. Now as soon as my college classes give me a break I hope to get back to LOST REVIEW to try and find the pattern. Is it rain? Something to do with the Numbers? I do believe there is a pattern to be discovered.
**
Ms. Wendy writes (and it always a pleasure to hear from you)…
Could it be that Walt is special in terms of art/drawing or could it be more magnetic?
KC responds: I like magnetic. If my biology class has been any good at all it has been the fact that it pointed out birds have a compound in their heads that give them a magnetic bearing to the north. One might say like a COMPASS. You might be asking, “What’s a compass do?” Well, it points north, John. I’m just saying that the simple explanations are sometimes right in front of us! Opps, I’m responding one paragraph at a time and you just point that out about birds. But I’m demanding a refund of my college tuition because they never told me polar bears and cows operate the same way. Too weird! One thing to throw on the heap of ideas…cows have that tendency to huddle up when bad weather approaches.
**
Greg is back for more commenting on Ms. Wendy’s. He wonders out loud…
Could Jacob’s touch have instilled some magnetic properties into our Survivors? And this then could be extended to suggest that the Man in Black is a negative charge while Jacob is positively charged.
KC responds: But opposites attract, right? Maybe that is why the two men can’t get away from each other, but the maybe it is the POLAR opposite (sorry, polar came from just writing about bears). Anyway, I’m reminded of Jesus and Lucifer – both angels (positively charged?) and when you add a dash of free will, one decided to go bad (negatively charged?). While making the two beings opposite of each other, then are attracted forever.
OR…they are not opposite, but one is “real” while the other is counterfeit. Sort of like tequila from agave regions and those clones. I wonder if part of real-life confusion for humans AND the show’s message is wrapped up in the fact that we don’t have mirror-images as much as we just struggle to tell the real from the fake?
**
Someone…I think Librarian…suggested a copy of The Golden Bough be read. Well, I have it and it looks way to think to start during my summer semester. But it will be consumed and looks to have value long after LOST becomes a fading memory.
NEXT ON TIDBITS
I have a follow-up to the Perception Theory which I hope you will enjoy. I have an idea of how the “final loop” will be perceived. Yes, a real prediction for us to look for and the best part…we’ve already seen it. How’s that for a teaser?
**
If you enjoyed this post, please do me a big favor and click one of the ads. Thanks for reading!
Enjoy,
KC
Sunday, July 5, 2009
LT278: I've Been Framed!
DOUBLE VISION
The Perception Theory is based on observations of what some viewers consider to be prop errors. Other viewers consider the prop errors to have a reason and with those people I agree.
Consider one the more obvious (and strange) prop error. It deals with Miles in a flashback as a spiritualist. When he arrives at the woman’s house to deal with her grandson’s spirit, he goes upstairs. On the wall along the stairs are pictures as shown below:
The Perception Theory is based on observations of what some viewers consider to be prop errors. Other viewers consider the prop errors to have a reason and with those people I agree.
Consider one the more obvious (and strange) prop error. It deals with Miles in a flashback as a spiritualist. When he arrives at the woman’s house to deal with her grandson’s spirit, he goes upstairs. On the wall along the stairs are pictures as shown below:
When Miles finishes his work, he comes down the stairs as we notice the picture frames have changed:
This example is great because I believe this can’t be explained away as human error. The scene was likely shot on the same day. This reduces the chances that someone took down the pictures and then days later put them back up in different frames.
By the sheer magnitude of the number of prop errors we have observed, it is time to say these are NOT prop errors.
If we remove prop errors as an explanation of visual adjustments, then we are left with only a handful of possible alternative explanations. One of those explanations is the Perception Theory.
SAME EVENT, DIFFERENT TIME
We perceive that Miles going up the stairs is attached to Miles coming down the stairs. WRONG!
Instead my theory suggests that we have been shown the same event but at different times. When we repeat stories to others there is always a bit of an adjustment unintentionally made. Likewise, if we were to repeat events – experience the same events – there is bound to be a bit of an adjustment each time.
STAIRS
As a side note, it is interesting to note that the frames line stairs. Stairs is not one of the objects found on the list of LOST clues. The list I’m referring to would include shoes, color, body parts, etc, but I haven’t seen stairs listed very often.
It takes me to the painter, M.C. Esher, and his work shown below:
This fits with the optical illusion discussed in a couple of posts back. What we seem to perceive is not always the case!
Speaking of stairs, one of the most unique mention found in LOST involves Boone. In two visions a phrase is repeated, “Theresa falls up the stairs; Theresa falls down the stairs." Only in a Escher-like world can one fall up the stairs. More on this in a later post!
And speaking of Escher, I found it odd that another of his famous paintings is this one:
Creepy! Maybe we have stumbled upon a line of investigation which provides some insight and changes our…well…perception!
READER FEEDBACK
Good to hear from readers even during the off-season…I promise to jump in with some additional thoughts in the next LOST TIDBITS. Ms. Wendy’s perception suggestions are excellent and Greg’s supplemental ideas found in the comments are MUST reading.
And we have a couple of older posts regarding the Michigan Tablets that I will get back to. Once caught up on those then…
NEXT ON TIDBITS
In two posts from now, LOST TIDBITS we will some more clues that support The Perception Theory in ways you may not have thought about before. The next post will look at episode titles and hidden meanings we find when we shift our perception.
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If you enjoyed this post, please take a moment to click on one of the ads after you finish reading. Thanks!
Enjoy,
KC
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