But he cannot avoid the human, and he cannot avoid illusion, and his fiction describes a strange crescent around the unavoidable.
This equips both traditions, in these writers' opinions, to avoid the illusion that humans can build a perfect world on their own while yet instilling in humans the confidence that the good they do will finally be affirmed and completed by the God of Resurrection.
But just as George Bush's landing on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln was intended to convey the false impression that the U.S. had actually achieved victory in Iraq, it should be warned to avoid the illusion of triumph, when the victory it seeks is further from its grasp than ever.
Although it still matters to strive for a better you, a better tomorrow, acceptance of what is now is vital to living in the moment, in order to avoid the illusion that your happiness or fulfillment relies on contingencies not yet realized.
I don't know if all humans are as gullible as I am, but it's now my suspicion that my brain would have no qualms about forming a bond with a virtual pet, provided the AI were good enough to avoid breaking the illusion.
"Now we have to avoid the politics of illusion in the decade of amazing surpluses".
SHAD, introduced in PerCom 2007, is the first architecture that offers actual Single Sign-On to avoid authentication obtrusiveness and maintain the illusion of a single, pervasive computer.
If you've ever wanted to give the illusion of being "busy" to avoid awkward family discussions, or if you've ever felt the need to accomplish something tangible with your own two hands, you should try knitting.
The best way to avoid becoming disillusioned is to not have illusions in the first place.
Since I strongly want time's passage to be an illusion, I must be careful to avoid being misled.
