LOST's New Time-Travel Physics - Popular Mechanics

Are Lost's New Time-Travel Physics Junk Science? Maybe Not, Expert Says: Hollywood Sci-Fi vs. Reality - Popular Mechanics

Flying from the island toward a mysterious freighter, pilot Frank Lapidus can’t keep his helicopter on the bearing that physicist Daniel Faraday says will get Desmond and Sayid to the freighter safely—presumably through a wormhole. They encounter some turbulence, and Desmond begins, yes, traveling through time, with increasingly rapid lapses between 1996 and the present (which, on the show, is still 2004). With new particle physics research recently taking time travel from Doc Brown fantasy to down-the-line possibility, we spoke with Dr. Michio Kaku, whose new book, “Physics of the Impossible,” makes Lost’s flip-flop between past and present look, well, not impossible. More

Doc Jensen on Desmond's Time Travel

LOST: A Desmond fact-check - Doc Jensen - EW

Doc Jensen does his usually analysis of the Constant as welll as get some answers confirmed by Damon.

In ''The Constant,'' Desmond became ''unstuck in time'' after flying through a thundercloud crackling with strange electricity. He experienced something like time travel, though not bodily time travel; instead, his consciousness shuttled between two different time periods, Island present 2004 and Desmond's past 1996. But here's the tricky twist: Desmond's Island-present mind wasn't the one doing the time traveling. When Desmond got hit with Island magic, his consciousness got knocked off-line and was replaced by his 1996 self. It was this older Desmond consciousness that toggled between present and past throughout the episode. Once Desmond '96 completed the errand of getting Penny's phone number so he could call her on Christmas Eve 2004, Desmond's present-day mind came back online, but rebooted with the new memories created by his time-travel adventure. I know: tricky stuff. But I had the chance to run all this by Damon Lindelof — and he says this interpretation is correct.

This is definitely what I was thinking. This is cool, check out page four of his article for "LOST'S EMPIRE STRIKES BACK SEASON."

The Constant

The Constant
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Sayid and Desmond hit a bit of turbulence on the way to the freighter, which causes Desmond to experience some unexpected side effects.

Answers in the LOST Magazine

In the "Pearls of Wisdom" section of LOST Magazine #10, Damon confirms that Desmond did travel in time back to 1996. Just thought I'd share.

So, be it in a consciousness, physical, or in whatever way, did Desmond travel through time back to 1996 in that episode? (Paul Williams)

Paul. While traditionally, "simple" questions do not comprise of over a 100 words, I am gonna give you a wonderfully simple answer... Yes!!! (Damon Lindelof)