Descartes thinks that since our senses can deceive us, we ought not take for granted that what they tell us is really true.

笛卡尔认为，既然我们的感官可以欺骗我们，我们就不应该理所当然地认为感官告诉我们的都是真的。

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You might think that the best way to succeed is to have really strong will-power - but that's not generally true.

你可能会想，成功最好的途径是有着真正强烈的意志力。但是，这通常不是真的。

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But that official border is not a true reflection of how the community is really shaped.

但是官方的这一边界可能并不能真实反应社区的分布。

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Cognitive distortions, first proposed by Aaron Beck, are ways that our mind convinces us of something that is not really true.

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That is not really true - this election is more about persuading the unenthusiastic but decided to actually bother to vote than changing minds.

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One oft-cited myth about Japanese, that they rarely make eye contact, is not really true.

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