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* ''[[Alphas (TV)|Alphas]]'': Marcus Ayers' ability gives him enough [[Awesomeness By Analysis]] to create [[Disaster Dominoes]] on purpose and he's convinced that everyone else can do the same thing, thus believing that [[There Are No Coincidences]], which drives his paranoia.
* ''[[Alphas]]'': Marcus Ayers' ability gives him enough [[Awesomeness By Analysis]] to create [[Disaster Dominoes]] on purpose and he's convinced that everyone else can do the same thing, thus believing that [[There Are No Coincidences]], which drives his paranoia.
* In one episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (TV)|The Twilight Zone]]'', a man with telekenetic powers explains that when he was young he had to stop using his powers because he finally realized around the time he was 8 that he was the only person who could do the things that he could.
* In one episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (TV)|The Twilight Zone]]'', a man with telekenetic powers explains that when he was young he had to stop using his powers because he finally realized around the time he was 8 that he was the only person who could do the things that he could.


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== Real Life ==
== Real Life ==
* People with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia synesthesia] tend to believe that everyone has it until told otherwise.
* People with [[wikipedia:Synesthesia|synesthesia]] tend to believe that everyone has it until told otherwise.
** As a child, Julian Asher, the famous neurologist and synesthesiac, assumed that the lights are dimmed during a concert so that the audience can see the light that emanates from the music better.
** As a child, Julian Asher, the famous neurologist and synesthesiac, assumed that the lights are dimmed during a concert so that the audience can see the light that emanates from the music better.
* So do people with absolute direction and absolute hearing.
* So do people with absolute direction and absolute hearing.
* Schizophrenics who know the voices aren't real tend to believe ''everyone'' hears voices. Although most people ''do'' at least think in a dialog, so it isn't that far off, and in fact a significant portion of the population will experience auditory hallucinations which manifest as voices at some apoint in their lives. The difference is recognizing that they are imaginary and, of course, how long they may last for.
* Schizophrenics who know the voices aren't real tend to believe ''everyone'' hears voices. Although most people ''do'' at least think in a dialog, so it isn't that far off, and in fact a significant portion of the population will experience auditory hallucinations which manifest as voices at some apoint in their lives. The difference is recognizing that they are imaginary and, of course, how long they may last for.
* In an inversion, around 1 in 40 people are believed to have congenital [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia face blindness], but most don't know it because they aren't aware that they're supposed to be able to tell faces apart and go through life identifying people by other characteristics (voice, hair, etc.).
* In an inversion, around 1 in 40 people are believed to have congenital [[wikipedia:Prosopagnosia|face blindness]], but most don't know it because they aren't aware that they're supposed to be able to tell faces apart and go through life identifying people by other characteristics (voice, hair, etc.).
* Color blindness is also an inversion: Colorblind people are likely to think people see the world the same as they do, until proven wrong.
* Color blindness is also an inversion: Colorblind people are likely to think people see the world the same as they do, until proven wrong.
* And people with impaired or nonexistent depth perception.
* And people with impaired or nonexistent depth perception.
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