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The world is safe.

Well…

not safe maybe, but…

The world is not nearly as dangerous at it imaginably could be…

Picture for a moment a supernatural earth

One in which vampires are real.

And not the shiny, well-mannered sophisticated type vampires full of charm and biting wit.

But, a world in which intelligent immortal blood thirsty fiends

begin hunting humans as soon as the sun goes down…

In this world,

working the late shift might have more consequences

than the ill effects of a disrupted circadian rhythm…

Day drinking would be the norm,

as bars and clubs close at dusk,

to avoid the additional dangers of Draculas with high blood alcohol levels…

And even fairy tales would have new twists,

as Cinderella hurries home

not to avoid turning into a pumpkin…

But to avoid being torn limb from limb by plasma pounding predators.

Yes, the world could be much less safe than it is…

if such monsters were real.

Or worse, it could be less intelligent!

If it wasn’t for This Week In Science,

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