Well, tonight, the cynics who believed that what began in the snows of Iowa was just an illusion were told a different story by the good people of South Carolina.

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But what the assault on Wiesenfeld shows is that this influence is an illusion.

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What is 'real life' for the humans is just an illusion, created to keep their brains active while the machines milk energy from the cerebral cortex.

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