reality distortion field
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reality distortion field
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In the idiomatic sense, coined by software developer Bud Tribble at Apple Computer in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs' charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Mac project: "Steve has a reality distortion field. […] In his presence, reality is malleable. He can convince anyone of practically anything."
The term was borrowed from the 1966 Star Trek episode "The Menagerie", in which the humanoid Talosians are able to create lifelike illusions using such fields.
noun reality distortion fields
- The persuasive ability of a leader or entrepreneur, especially in misleading or convincing others in order to promote a product or service. I fell silent under her stony glare. I tried to keep going, but I couldn't. Blight had the opposite of a reality distortion field. A reality assertion field.
- An environment which alters one's perception of reality. At present we sometimes experience what can be interpreted as a "reality distortion field" built upon arguments that have been developed by the innovators and early adopters within the sustainability movement.
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