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1. I'm not arguing that there's some kind of magical teleportation. Instead I'm arguing that Cobb proceeded to kill himself in limbo. As a result, because he was still under the sedative, he would have probably just gone into a deeper dream state instead of returning to reality. In this dream state he created projections of his fellow team members.

2. The reason why Seito is young at the end is probably because he is a projection of Cobb's mind and not the real Seito.

3. A wobble doesn't mean that it was going to fall. And anyway, the top only reflects Cobb's belief as to whether he is in reality or not. If the film started inside a dream, what happens to the top is meaningless as it's merely a creation of his mind anyway (and so it only reflects his mind, not reality).
(SPOILER)1. So behind the scenes, Cobb goes and kills himself... which he knew wouldn't work. If you can figure out some believable reason for him to try that, then I concede to the possibility. You have to make some pretty big assumptions, though.

2. I conceded that was a possibility.

3. IIRC, Cobb stated in the movie that the top was his little icon thing, because in a dream it would spin perfectly forever. It sure seems like the little swivel at the end was put there just to fabricate this sort of mystery, because it sure seems like the majority of the rest of the available evidence points to the ending being a dream, hence my criticism of slipping in some manufactured mystery for some cheap gasps.

I actually liked the ending when I thought all signs pointed to it being a dream. But there are still some holes in that.