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* In [[The Wheel of Time]], the Guide noted that in the Age of Legends, many people had themselves tested for aptitude in [[Functional Magic|the One Power]], but failed and never took a second test, leaving their hidden potential untapped.
* In ''[[Wiz Biz|Wizard's Bane]]'' by Rick Cook, hacker (in the sense of ace programmer) Wiz Zumwalt is called into a parallel universe where magic rules, but he knows no magic, to the intense disappointment of the apprentice of the wizard who summoned him. {{spoiler|He discovers the underlying rules of magic, and learns how to program it, making him the greatest magician ever.}}
* This is one of the big themes during the first half of ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]].'' Even though Harry knows what he ''needs'' to do in order to kill Voldemort, Harry has no earthly idea over how to go about achieving this.. His only source of information are '''''very''''' cryptic clues left by Dumbledore. This veers into a [[Deconstruction]] when Harry has a falling out with Ron, [[Broken Pedestal|who's pissed because he expected Harry to actually have a gameplan.]]
 
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