Many jihadist plots have been foiled and the security apparatus is getting better, overall, at pre-empting those who would do us ill. But, they say, the nature of the threat and the terrorists’ increasing use of low-tech, asymmetrical tactics such as hire vehicles and knives, make it all but impossible to stop every assault.

Dany has never had a full vision for what happens once she obtains the Iron Throne, but that’s what her advisors, including Tyrion and Varys, are for. And the show has never exactly spelled out Jon’s platform beyond “stay alive,” so he’d also require a small council.

Previous comparisons of rangeomorphs with cnidarians or ctenophores now seem unlikely. The fact that both sides of the rangeomorph structure are essentially identical, is not consistent with the rangeomorph frondlet representing the bases of an array of open tubes that housed polyps or other filter feeding organisms.

The deepest impulse of philosophy is the naturalizing of the supernatural, and the highest function of religion is supernaturalizing the natural.