He knew the brain responded poorly to fear — but he also knew it could be distracted.

他知道大脑对恐惧的回应少得可怜——但是他也知道可能让人更心神不定。

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Some fear that the crash has shown the Celtic Tiger to have been a phantom, an illusionist’s trick that distracted Ireland from its underlying poverty with glitzy cars and big houses.

有人恐惧经济的崩溃会成为凯尔特虎那徘徊不去的幽灵，如同魔术师的技法一样用炫目的汽车和豪宅转移人们注意力，使得他们对爱尔兰根本底层的贫困视而不见。

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When attention is absorbed in fear, we're distracted from what is actually going on.

当注意力被恐惧吸收，我们就从现实发生的事物上分心出去。

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Fear mongering and intellectual property concerns have already distracted our attention from taking efforts to secure critical infrastructure.

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