When you are tense and believe the reality you perceive as true, you are clinging on to life, like a climber hanging on to a cliff in the air.

当你处在紧张和相信以为是真实的现实时，你就附着在生存的层面，像攀岩者悬挂在崖边的空中。

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We construct models to describe, as best as we can, the reality we are able to measure. We can’t even say that this measured reality is the “ultimate” reality, even if you believe such a thing exists.

我们尽力构造最好的模型来描述我们能够观测的现实。

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And the message is again simple: believe, and you will achieve; conceive, and it will be conceived, in reality, in the world; it will come to you.

而这传达的信息其实很简单：相信就会成功；构思就会实现——在现实中，在世界中实现；什么都会实现。

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In the nineteen-eighties, Lanier came to believe that virtual reality the creation of computer-simulated environments in which real people can interact would precipitate an extraordinary revolution in art and communication.

NEWYORKER: The Visionary

And what societies believe about how fluid they are matters almost as much as the reality: if America's poor ever start to believe they will never get rich, the place will be heading for trouble.

ECONOMIST: Class

While the issue has been divisive, some students say they don't believe the draft will become a reality.

CNN: Missouri students debate likelihood of draft