"Well, at least it won't just be data for data's sake if this is real. Because even if we end up learning something about how the Island works and then wake up, we won't exactly have this kind of tech at our disposal," I point out. There's also the fact that anything we learn would probably just be a propagation of our own theories; after all, we'd technically just be asleep -- safe and sound in our own heads. "And, yanno, you can talk up Malibu all you want, pal, but my universe has the cooler toys."