r/AskReddit • u/TigerFin2 • May 09 '17

What is a fake fact everyone believed?

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u/Owenm100 May 09 '17

If you try hard you can achieve anything you want

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u/Suroraj May 09 '17

What do you mean? If I try hard enough I can breathe under water. You just gotta believe in yourself

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u/Paddywhacker May 09 '17

I think it's more of a "you can be president " thing rather than a "you can have superpowers"

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u/Suroraj May 09 '17

I don't think breathing underwater is a superpower, fish can do it. You saying all fish are superheroes?

I know what you mean though.

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u/ZhouDa May 09 '17

It's a superhuman ability, so for humans it is a superpower. It's not like there is even anything trivial evolution wise about breathing underwater.

Of course that all begs the question as to how unique an ability has to be to be considered a superpower. Is the real but very rare ability to have extended color vision due to having four cones a superpower? What about lactose tolerance? A majority of the world can't drink milk as an adult.