hallucination
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If reality truly is nothing more than a hallucination, dream or computer screensaver in the brain, why should we waste time disputing it?
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
"I think hallucination is actually a really bad word, but it basically makes stuff up," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Modifying weights can make a model more polite, sassier or more prone to hallucination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
An episode is prison slang for a severe hallucination.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Apparently deciding that Dumbledore was not a hallucination, she said feebly, “Oh yes. Well — well then — you’d better come into my room. Yes.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Non-motor symptoms include depression, anxiety, apathy, hallucinations, constipation, orthostatic hypotension, sleep disorders, loss of sense of smell, and cognitive impairments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tony’s hallucinations might be open to psychiatric interpretation, but Dick’s are true, as well as dramatically strategic: Craziness like Tony’s is only so interesting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Kusama said she saw hallucinations of dots and lights as a child, and used those visions in her art from the 1960s.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Her larger-than-life paintings, sculptures and installations -- inspired by vivid hallucinations -- sold for millions of dollars and packed out top galleries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Macbeth is totally delusional and has hallucinations of ghosts and a pesky floating dagger.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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