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
“In an experience like this, you’re alone with the inhabitants of the world, and they’re all there as part of your hallucination, your dream and your journey,” Neiden says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
An episode is prison slang for a severe hallucination.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was all so disturbingly normal—besides the sheer amount of money that must have gone into it—that for a moment I thought the whole place might be a hallucination.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
We still can’t trust the output of artificial-intelligence models because of hallucinations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Cognitive symptoms could include illusions or hallucinations — some patients report sensing a shadowy figure nearby — and difficulties with problem solving and navigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Lyris, who is now married with children and generally quite happy, experiences vivid hallucinations of “ghost fire.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
These visions are known as Lilliputian hallucinations, named after the miniature inhabitants of "Gulliver's Travels," who stand just 6 inches tall.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
It is only in the night when the hallucinations are bad—between about eleven and four in the morning—and I will not learn how to truly control them for another day and a half.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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