But how is creativity really treated, beyond the reality distortion field of such misty-eyed ad campaigns?

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However, these feelings never lasted long, because the shot would switch to another camera position which had worse contrast, or greater lens distortion, or shallower depth of field, and the illusion would be broken.

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It cited Penn State's "excessive focus on athletics" and showed how under Paterno, a football-mad university created its own insular, reality distortion field, one in which to "avoid the consequences of bad publicity, " facts were brushed away and concealed.

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Even a real hero, Steve Jobs, is famous for his "reality-distortion field"--in two minutes Jobs can have you believing the moon is made of Brie.

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