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Like so many things of value, truth is not always easy to come by. What we regard as true shapes our beliefs, attitudes, and act
Like so many things of value, truth is not always easy to come by. What we regard as true shapes our beliefs, attitudes, and act
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2013-03-27
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Like so many things of value, truth is not always easy to come by. What we regard as true shapes our beliefs, attitudes, and actions. Yet we can believe things that have no basis in fact. People are capable of embracing horrific precepts that seem incredible in retrospect. In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler had millions of followers who accepted his delusions about racial superiority. As Voltaire put it long before Hitler’s time, "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. "
We are surrounded by illusions, some created deliberately. They may be subtle or may affect us profoundly. Some illusions, such as films and novels, we seek out and appreciate. Others can make us miserable and even kill us. We need to know if particular foods that taste perfectly fine can hurt us in the short term(as with Salmonella contamination)or in the long term(cholesterol), whether a prevalent virus is so dangerous that we should avoid public places, and what problems a political candidate may cause or resolve if elected. Gaining insights about the truth often is a challenge, and misconceptions can be difficult to recognize.
We often believe stories because they are the ones available. Most people would identify Thomas Edison as the inventor of the incandescent light bulb. Although Edison perfected a commercially successful design, he was preceded in the experimentation by British inventors Frederick de Moleyns and Joseph Swan, and by American J. W. Starr.
The biggest enemies of truth are: people whose job is to sell us incomplete versions of the available facts, our willingness to believe what we want and the simple absence of accurate information. Companies advertising products on television do not describe the advantages of their competitors’ products any more than a man asking a woman to marry him encourages her to date other men before making up her mind. It is a social reality that people encourage one another to make important decisions with limited facts.
Technology has simplified and complicated the fact-gathering process. The Internet allows us to check facts more easily, but it also disburses misinformation. Similarly, a belief that videos and photos necessarily represent reality ignores how easily they can be digitally altered. Unquestioning reliance on such forms of media makes us more susceptible to manipulators: those who want to deceive can dazzle us with a modern version of smoke and mirrors.
The drawback brought by technology is that it makes people prone to______.
选项
A、be addicted
B、be taken in
C、show off
D、decide hastily
答案
B
解析
根据文中最后一段的内容可知,科技既使收集资料的过程简单化,同时也使其复杂化。互联网让我们容更易核查事情的真相,但是它也会发布错误信息。与此类似,有人相信视频和照片必然代表真实的事物,却忽略了对它们进行数码处理是多么容易。对这类媒体不加怀疑的依赖令我们更易受人操纵,那些想要实施欺骗的人可以利用现代版的欺骗手段来迷惑我们。据此可知,科技的缺点是它使人们容易受骗。be taken in意为“受骗,中计”,B项正确。
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