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* The classic psychology paper ''[http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf Unskilled and Unaware of It]: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments'' cites a newspaper story about a bank robber who believed lemon juice made him invisible to security cameras.
** Naturally, ''America's Dumbest Criminals'' has the actual film footage. Amusingly the guy was taking his sweet time, including taking out a shopping cart as if it was just a normal trip to the store.
** Formally known as the Dunning-Kruger[[Dunning–Kruger effect]], after the psychologists who conducted the study.
* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98595053.html Some] [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/nyregion/suspect-in-6-brooklyn-killings-is-arrested-in-georgia-murder.html people] apparently believe that a magic ritual can turn them invisible, despite all evidence to the contrary.
 
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