illusion

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Although Leslie perhaps paints a bit broadly in contending that most of us are unaware of how much we don't know, he's surely right to point out that the problem is growing: Google can give us the powerful illusion that all questions have definite answers

Google can give us the powerful illusion that all questions have definite answers.

Scientists have responded by noting that hungry bears may be congregating聚集 around human settlements, leading to the illusion错觉 that populations are higher than they actually are.

However， Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind， and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone， in reality we are continually faced with a question： “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that？ ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire， Allen concluded ： “ We do not attract what we want， but what we are.

1. Sloping walls on the bulk of the building create an optical illusion.: 大楼主体的斜墙给人造成一种视错觉。

2. She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing.: 她有一个错觉，以为我知道自己在做什么。

4. The sun appears to go round the Earth, but it's an illusion.: 太阳看起来好像绕着地球转, 但这只是个错觉.

5. The mirrors all round the walls give an illusion of greater space.: 墙壁周围的镜子造成一种较大空间的假象.