i recently saw the whole of the sri lanka video and suprisingly enough, it got me addicited to the true meaning of the numbers. i know they predict armagedden but why haven't they actully disclosed when it will come about, for the public's protection? do they know? will we ever know? this is my theory...
i think by developing this virus that wll kill 30% of the population, they have made the numbers come in to existence, or maybe just given them purpose. what i mean is that hanso is a serious theat and the equation will predict when HANSO will wipe us all out by trying to change it, and only when and if rachel stops them and destroys the foundation, ending the threat, will the base numbers change. (something that the dharma initiative could never accomplish) therefore making the swan station pointless at the same time, which =======spoiler===== would tie in with wat happened at the end of the series====

what do you think of my theory?

I was thinking along the same lines. Hanso will cause the end of the world by trying to save it.

I am right in thinking that hanso know these answer to this equation right?

It predicted the time left before humanity extinguished itself, the when, but not the how...

So Hanso knew or knows how much time we have left, that's what DHARMA is all about...

The Mittelwerk part of TLE happens in 2006 and the show LOST in 2004, so I'm not sure what, if any, bearing that part of TLE will have on the show...

The DHARMA stuff, the numbers, the info on the island, that's all highly relevant...

The relevance of Mittelwerks plans, Rachel Blake, etc. to the show is debateable, that could be purely part of TLE...