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* Type Three: After the explanation, the hearer proceeds to bump into the evidence by sheer coincidence.
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== Literature ==
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120520115325/http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/gaslight/whtpeopl.htm The White People]'' by Arthur Machen. Ambrose has strange ideas about the nature of true sin as violation of the laws of nature and lends the main character a manuscript written by a girl who had supernatural experiences.
* ''[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/44/the-devotee-of-evil The Devotee of Evil]'' by [[Clark Ashton Smith]]. The main character becomes an acquaintance with a man who believes evil to be an universal force and is developing a mechanism to show it in practice.
* ''[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/220/the-tomb-spawn The Tomb-Spawn]'' by [[Clark Ashton Smith]]. A story-teller tells the main characters of an ancient wizard-king and his tomb and how the tomb has been prophesied to be found accidentally. The main characters' later experiences show that the story-teller was perfectly accurate.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120728111033/http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/eloieloi.htm Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani]'' by [[
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120520114107/http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/gaslight/derelict.htm The Derelict]'' by [[
* "[[The Time Machine]]"
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
== Real Life ==
* [[Real Life]] example: [
** Another one: The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron positron]. In this case, the gap between theorizing and exposition is as long as 4 ''years''.
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