Reply #129: "If the increased rate of melting continues...."

[sofa king]

I don't think the writers understand that if the rate of melting continues at this rate, that would be tantamount to a miraculous intervention by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Why? Because the rate itself is increasing.

It's like cracking the throttle on your motorcycle wide open, then comparing the speed you were going one second ago against the speed you're going now and saying, "if I continue gaining speed at this rate, I'll be going 50 mph in ten seconds." Then, when you look down in ten seconds to find you're doing 140 miles an hour instead of 50, you're surprised.

Don't you be surprised when people are sailing to the North Pole in 2015.