Scientists have responded by noting that hungry bears may be congregating around human settlements, leading to the illusion that populations are higher than they actually are.

科学家们的解释则是，有些北极熊由于饥饿可能会聚集在人类居住区周围。这就导致人们产生一种错觉，误认为北极熊的数量比其实有数量要多。

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A young inventor has created a motorbike with a twist - it USES two wheels but they are positioned right next to each other, giving it the illusion of being a powered unicycle.

一位年轻的发明人创造了一辆异形摩托车，它使用两个车轮，但双轮是并排紧挨着的，使之有了电动独轮车的错觉。

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They are the last scruples of an awareness that fears to forsake its initial and difficult lesson in favor of a final illusion.

这些都是意识的最后顾虑，它害怕偏好最终的幻念会让它放弃最初那个难以对付的教训。

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In turn, this allows them to deny the scope of the problem, to delay having to fix the problem, and to maintain the illusion that they are keeping our critical infrastructure safe and secure without further government intervention.

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They are secret keepers, observers of the truth, masters of illusion.

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Societies held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time, but they are built upon fault lines that will eventually tear asunder.

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