Complete the summary using the list of phrases, A–J, below.
Write the correct letter, A–J, in boxes 31–36
What happens when people encounter misinformation?
Although people have 31 ........... to misinformation, there is debate about precisely how and when we label something as true or untrue. The philosophers Descartes and Spinoza had 32 ........ about how people engage with information. While Descartes believed that people accept or reject information after considering whether it is true or not, Spinoza argued that people accepted all information they encountered (and by default misinformation) and did not verify or reject it until afterwards. Moreover, Spinoza believes that a distinct 33 ........... is involved in these stages. Recent research has provided 34 ............ for Spinoza’s theory and it would appear that people accept all encountered information as if it were true, even if this is for an extremely 35 ..........., and do not label the information as true or false until later. This is consistent with the fact that the resources for scepticism and the resources for perceiving and encoding are in 36 .............. in the brain.
A. constant conflict B. additional evidence
C. different locations D. experimental subjects
E. short period F. extreme distrust
G. frequent exposure H. mental operation
I. dubious reason J. different ideas
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