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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour1998'', during the "Unthinkable" arc, Reed Richards was helpless against Doctor Doom's magical prowess, and he couldn't learn magic from Doctor Strange in time because he kept trying to analyze it scientifically and logically. Eventually, Stephen just gave him an artifact to use that was activated by humility, which entailed regularly expressing that he had no idea how it worked as he fought against Doom.



* In one ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' arc, Reed Richards was helpless against Doctor Doom's magical prowess, and he couldn't learn magic from Doctor Strange in time because he kept trying to analyze it scientifically and logically. Eventually, Stephen just gave him an artifact to use that was activated by humility, which entailed regularly expressing that he had no idea how it worked as he fought against Doom.
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* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. This applies to how Arthur Dent flies, or how flying works in general. He basically ignores the fact that it should be impossible, and ignores everyone else telling him it should not be happening. LampshadeHanging this trope.

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* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. This applies to how Arthur Dent flies, or how flying works in general. He basically ignores the fact that it should be impossible, and ignores everyone else telling him it should not be happening. LampshadeHanging this trope.
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** This is also why there is an absurdly large amount of censoring of knowledge in The Imperium of Man, specifically around the concept of [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace Chaos.]] If you know that Chaos exists, it can corrupt you. [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow If you know about]] [[EldritchAbomination a daemon,]] ''it knows you as well.'' Ignorance of the workings of Chaos is how The Imperium of Man attempts to shield itself from Chaos, but even then, Chaos attempts to spread knowledge (whether through direct daemon actions, or through corrupted human proxies) to subvert planets of the Imperium. Only a select few amount of people and organizations, such as the Inquisition or Grey Knights are allowed to know large amounts about Chaos it, with anyone else silenced.
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** A [[TheWallsAreClosingIn deathtrap]] has the escape door open if someone present exhibits a sufficient amount of confusion, although it doesn't have to be confusion about how the trap works.
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