What's the deal with the numbers?

Question

The numbers on Lost which Hurley uses to play the lottery, then they have to input it in the hatch and Danielle Roussou knows about the numbers too. Does anyone have any theories, or the answers about where they originated (before the guy in the asylum) or what their ultimate relevance is in Lost? I find poeple have some amazing theories on them.

Answer 1

My only theory is that the whole thing is some type of scientific experiment, even the plane crash. I believe that all these people were manipulated in some type of way, connected to the numbers, and that it's like a Big Brother thing, with them watching to see the reactions to stress, etc.