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** The Canim consider humanity to be insane as well, but ''not'' in a good way. When Tavi is attempting to negotiate with Nasaug to have the Canim leave Alera peacefully, he points out that the both sides are going to suffer needlessly if they fight, as the Alerans want the Canim gone and the Canim want to leave. Nasaug agrees, pointing out that in a rational world, this would happen. However, he says, they are in ''Alera''.
** Interestingly, Kitai says in the third book that she also thinks the Canim are insane, if not quite so insane as the Alerans. It's the convoluted internal politicking both groups engage in that she finds so irrational.
* Bruce Coville's ''[[My Teacher Is an Alien]]'' series uses this trope, which is rare for a children's story. Humans are potentially the smartest creatures in the galaxy (due to [[
* ''[[Discworld]]'' approaches this at times. It's most explicit in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', which portrays a "dangerously sane" character as effectively inhuman.
** Night Watch uses the same recipe; Carcer Dun is not, technically, insane. It's merely that he's realized that all those little rules that keep society ticking over nicely only apply to you if you let them, and therefore the only thing between him and murdering a coach full of accordion players for shits and giggles is his own inhibitions. He is, in fact, more in tune with objective reality than the average man on the street; a sort of inverse psychosis if you will.
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