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- Brexit wins. An illusion dies https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/brexit-wins-an-illusion-dies-b60b6efad2d7#.crbik48mx 222 comments
- The Illusion of Winning http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/the_illusion_of_winning/ 47 comments
- Game-winning 'momentum' illusion is but a delusion, say Cornell researchers http://phys.org/news/2014-02-game-winning-momentum-illusion-delusion.html 6 comments hockey
- Fire Donald Trump. We have no illusions about Biden, but we need him to win. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-biden-2020-endorsement/?utm_campaign=sproutsocial&utm_content=the%20nation%20magazine&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=iwar22xb4ff2wwhdvnbghptnajdqxz_zkxxdbviqw7i4aumszi-gtxhv3ejt4 50 comments politics
- Fire Donald Trump — We have no illusions about Biden, but we need him to win. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-biden-2020-endorsement/ 453 comments politics
- NYT Reporter: Trump was ‘desperate’ to create ‘the illusion he could win’ https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/ezra-klein-mcconnell-signaling-how-obstructionist-he-will-be-100012101516 6 comments politics
- Opposition 'mahagathbandhan' an illusion; BJP will win in 2019: Amit Shah https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/opposition-mahagathbandhan-an-illusion-bjp-will-win-in-2019-amit-shah/articleshow/67157029.cms?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=iosapp 29 comments india
- Javi Gracia on his ambitions for Watford: "It’s difficult for any club outside the big six to say... but if you ask me my ambition it is to win the league. When we start the season my ambition, my illusion maybe, is to win the league. My expectations are realistic. But my ambition is there." https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/javi-gracia-putting-sting-watford-hornets-mxj69m7v2 39 comments soccer
- Why You Keep Losing at Slot Machines. Canadian researchers report that the music and sound effects of slot machines help convey the illusion that you are winning "They heighten players’ emotional arousal, even as they incite them to 'significantly overestimate the number of times they won.'" http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/why-you-keep-losing-at-slot-machines-61883/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+miller-mccune%2Fmain_feed+%28pacific+standard+-+main+feed%29 48 comments science