人们只是准备相信明显不真实的事情。当谈到言论以不好的眼光描绘他人时,人们很高兴相信表明他人以某种方式虚弱或有缺陷的事情:我们相信他们是因为这使我们感觉更好。那样简单。(People were only too ready to believe things that were manifestly untrue. When it came to remarks that portrayed others in a bad light, people were happy to believe things that showed others to be weak or flawed in some way: we believed that of them because it made us feel better; it was as simple as that.)