He says the Social Security trust fund is an "elaborate illusion cooked up by government magicians".
But the mere fact that no illusion ended up being practical doesn't fully explain why Blaine ultimately had to actually hold his breath.
The idea that the rest of Europe is wanting to deny us these rights is a total illusion cooked up by the Unionist parties.
In theory, everything else you think you know about the world could be an elaborate illusion cooked up to deceive you – at this point, present-day writers invariably invoke The Matrix – but your consciousness itself can't be illusory.
The self-styled Free Syrian Army, an outfit that seems to be on the rise, and which is posting a lot of video on the internet, might be out there fighting, and if so the best of luck to them – on balance, however, he thinks that they're an illusion puffed up by Turkey.
Matilal accordingly describes the Nyāya as having a "potter model" of God, in contrast with a "spider model", in which God spins the world out of his own essence, or a "magician" model, in which the world is an illusion conjured up by God.
Everything you do today (and have ever done) could be just an illusion coded up by some clever Klingon.
This is all an illusion, made up out of thin air, and contains as many truths and untruths as there are fans with opinions.
Learn the illusions, practice up and amaze your friends.
Some of their staple illusions turn up, such as Teller's famous East Indian Needle Mystery, which will leave you marveling at the precision and care that goes into performing the same act repeatedly for so many decades that you wind up wondering if they can even stop.
