He must have discovered Jacobs strategy for finding candidates and bringing them to the island. Anyway the problem is this is all speculation so it is hard to know. And it is base don my previous speculation of Jacob being a “Wallace”. Which in itself is far from confirmed. The writers have us in “chains” at the moment! Knowledge is power!

According to Lostpedia– couldn’t find a Wikipedia entry for some reason– “(1697-1771) was a prominent 18th century Scottish minister, doctor and economist. He published “Dissertation on the numbers of Mankind in ancient and modern times,” among others and was a very prolific writer. He contested many of the economic theories of philosopher David Hume, a contemporary of his.”

Either way, I still hold firm to Desmond is to Wallace as Locke is to Bentham.

Because previously I have theorised strongly (although many others have as well) that Aaron and Jacob are one and the same person.

So in fact Aaron Jacob Wallace is the one on the wall.

You know why it has been crossed out??? Because he is in fact dead. Benjamin stabbed him as several million of us witness on prime time tv.

But he served his purpose and continues to serve a purpose on the island. Just like all the losties. He played a role, just like Richard Alpert has. And all these causes and effect are leading us to the importance of jack Shepherd.

The fact that Aaron does grow old to become the Jacob we visualise now (unlike a lot of these Losties) suggests that jacob comes from the future. I believe the wallace surname was a clue to further link the Aaron is jacob theory.

Plus, it fits in with the apocalyptic/ virus ending humanity in the future. Because in thr alternate world, things are going fine, no worldwide panic. So the valenzetti equation and virus being unleashed will not happen until later ie When Aaron is grown up.