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Harris et al. note that reactions of assent are significantly
prompter than those of dissent or uncertainty.
This they take to support “Spinoza’s conjecture that
the mere comprehension of a statement entails the tacit
acceptance of its being true,” an almost reflexive, if
provisional, assent, to be followed by a more deliberate
weighing and assessment. Human beings, in other
words, are wired to “accept appearances as reality until
they prove otherwise.” This seems to us to ring true.
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