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- The Illusion of Life: Disney's principles of animation http://the12principles.tumblr.com/ 31 comments
- The illusion of life: animation principles and UI design http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/10/30/motion-animation-new-mobile-ux-design-material/ 2 comments
- What is consciousness for? — Consciousness is a life-transforming illusion [Keith Frankish] http://ideas.aeon.co/viewpoints/keith-frankish-on-what-is-consciousness-for 206 comments philosophy
- Magicians: Life in the Impossible - The Mysterious Art of Making Magic (2016) - follows four world-class magicians on stage and off, exploring how and why these characters so passionately dedicate their lives to the craft of illusion [01:27:40] https://youtu.be/UWi8mhDY2Pk?si=4hNlFKP5VWvfWrHg 3 comments documentaries
- The Illusion of Time. Allan Watts contends if you continue to obsess over the past and the future you'll never truly live a full life as you will be too busy thinking about the moments that have either already passed or are yet to come. You will forget to be present. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPvxn9M0d9Y 15 comments philosophy
- The Big ‘Pro-Life’ Shift in a New Poll is an Illusion http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/the-big-pro-life-shift-in-a-new-poll-is-an-illusion.html 42 comments politics
- A survey of monastic Tibetan Buddhists published in Cognitive Science revealed that counterintuitively, belief that life is an illusion does not diminish existential fear. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/02/02/is-death-still-frightening-if-you-believe-the-self-is-an-illusion-an-astonishing-study-of-tibetan-buddhists/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+bpsresearchdigest+%28bps+research+digest%29 47 comments science
- How to live a lie. An article on how we deal with the theory that free will may be an illusion, and how to live life if that theory turns out to be true. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/how-to-live-a-lie/?_r=0 755 comments philosophy
- Life of Illusion - "Everything the Communists told us about communism was a complete and utter lie." "Unfortunately, everything the Communists told us about capitalism turned out to be true." "The devastating numbers across-the-board... are staggering. I'll go through some of them here..." http://www.antemedius.com/content/life-illusion 16 comments economy
- Hummer, How We Need Thee - "For American life to work, the illusion of endless abundance must be maintained." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/ar2008071102535.html 6 comments business
- One of the BEST illusions I've ever seen in my life. http://www.coolfunnyvids.com/2007/08/08/mind-blowing-magic/ 75 comments reddit.com
- [Vorkunov] Kyrie Irving: "Basketball, this life, it's an illusion in terms of certain material things that mean a lot more...based upon what you've accomplished or how successful you are or how people perceive you. In actuality, it really doesn't mean anything..." https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov/status/1184488466068975617 709 comments nba
- Free will is an illusion and one should know to meditate and freely learn to overcome Meno's Paradox and optimize their random walk through life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meno#meno's_paradox 3 comments philosophy
- "Harris appears oblivious to the authoritarian implications of the one-ness he worships. Shedding one's 'I-ness' is a recipe for group-think and authoritarianism. The individual in her everyday life is treated as an illusion of no consequence when seen from the mystical highground of one-ness." http://newhumanist.org.uk/973/spirited-away 19 comments philosophy
- Paul Kimmage meets Eddie Jordan: Motorsport's master of illusion sets record straight on his extraordinary life - Independent.ie https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/motor-sport/paul-kimmage-meets-eddie-jordan-motorsports-master-of-illusion-sets-record-straight-on-his-extraordinary-life-37666131.html 7 comments formula1