What is the significance of The Numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42) on LOST?

Don’t you know already? This was answered three years ago in this video! It’s an orientation film for The Dharma Initiative, featuring none other than Alvar Hanso himself (played by Ian Patrick Williams) - created for The Lost Experience, the ABC-funded alternate reality game which took place between the second and third season. The writers have already made it pretty clear that this isn’t a question that will be answered directly within the show itself, so, if you’re curious…