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    Bran Stark and the Problem of Omniscience

    The <em>Game of Thrones</em> character joins a long line of fictional oracles: inscrutable, all-knowing, and troublesome to the narrative.
    by Spencer Kornhaber Aug 29, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: HBO

    This post contains spoilers through Season 7, Episode 7 of Game of Thrones.

    “None of you were there to see what happened! None of you knows the truth!”

    So protested Lord Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish in Sunday’s Game of Thrones season finale, after his onetime ally Sansa Stark ambushed him with accusations of murder and treason in front of an audience of knights and lords.

    “You held a knife to his throat,” cut in Bran Stark, the ever-less-chatty younger brother of Sansa. “You said, ‘I did warn you not to trust me.’”

    Bran was referencing an incident from way back in Season 1, when Baelish betrayed Ned Stark, consigning the honorable family patriarch to execution. And Baelish had been right: No one accusing him had witnessed that moment. But when Bran spoke, a look of shock and recognition came over the conniving Baelish’s face. Somehow, this boy could see

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