It's a very different kind of crafting, but yet it does replace reality in a similar way, or it makes demands on reality that push the real back.

是一种很不一样的工艺，却以同样的方式代替了现实，或者对现实提出要求。

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Similarly,what research shows us is reality: what's out there,what's working and what's not working.

同样，研究显示的结果就是现实：,有哪些现象，哪些可行，哪些不可行。

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