Sam: I’m looking there and not sure I see it yet, but I believe you.
I don’t think that’s completely the same idea necessarily, though. The contradiction is only when it is about beliefs.
Also, even if the gemara would say that precise idea–that ayin hora is only for people who believe in it, the Big Rov from BusterCrown’s story is still a contradiction. Because the gemara can believe in Ayin hora, and say that it only works on people who also believe. But, one cannot say that one does not believe but that it does work on people who do believe–because then you are saying you believe.