Spiff
Reality goggles required
That's the obvious viewpoint from layman's perspective. But if you haven't figured it out yet, time as you know it means nothing in Lost. I think the show has made this very clear now on several occasions. Heck, look at Dr. Richard Alpert. He's been seen in the past, present, and future all looking about the same age. He looked around 40 when Locke was an infant. He looks the same age now on the island.No, I don't think he's Walt. When the Islanders are back in the realworld/time, only four or five years have past. Plus, that guy also appears in John's flashBACK.
Obviously, some characters are bending the rules of time, mentally, physically, or by who knows what.
Btw. The Mittelos in Mittelos Bioscience is an anagram for "lost time."


















