[georgemcbay]

Or something even darker than that...

What if this story took place on a planet where the inhabitants collectively decided to value at-all-costs economic growth over a sustainable ecosystem, resulting in a situation where they were losing over a trillion metric tons of ice per year and that is what caused the mysterious island to be revealed...?

[shawn_w]

That scenario is so unrealistic that nobody would be able to suspend their disbelief enough to get into it.

[hsbauauvhabzb]

So basically Epstein island without the child sexual abuse?