Miranda: As the modern information age continues, millennia of accumulated knowledge is becoming available to an ever-growing number of people. Yet, numerous countries have reported a decrease in the ability of individuals to differentiate between objective truths and deliberate falsehoods. Akeem: Ancient libraries at Alexandria and Athens also housed immense collections of knowledge, but predated a period known as the Dark Ages. So, it is foolish to assume that a mere proliferation of knowledge would improve public scrutiny of misinformation. Miranda: That may be, however, then individuals would have needed to travel to a library to benefit from the knowledge it contained. Now, through the Internet, verifiable information is more readily available to a larger population regardless of physical location. In the table, select a statement that would support Akeem’s initial rebuttal to Miranda and a statement that would support Miranda’s originally implied paradox.

Official Solution: Seek information in one of the choices that would further support the paradoxical nature of the facts Miranda cites indicating that as knowledge is becoming available to more people, individuals are simultaneously reporting a decrease in their ability to differentiate between objective truths and deliberate falsehoods. If independent longitudinal studies showed a direct correlation between the amount of information available and an improved ability to identify misinformation, then the facts Miranda cites would seem to be mutually exclusive and therefore a paradox. Correct answer: Support Miranda: Information researched locally in physical texts can sometimes be more satisfying to a scholar. Support Akeem: Information researched locally in physical texts can sometimes be more satisfying to a scholar.

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Support Miranda	Support Akeem
		Many of the ancient libraries cited as evidence by Akeem were destroyed during the very Dark Ages he cited.
		Information researched locally in physical texts can sometimes be more satisfying to a scholar.
		Independent studies of thousands of individuals have shown a direct correlation between the amount of available information and an improved ability of those individuals to identify misinformation.
		Intent in the production of misinformation does not increase the likelihood that it would be believed by a larger proportion of the public exposed to said misinformation.
		Deliberately disseminated misinformation is frequently more difficult for even the most astute modern or ancient news consumers to accurately identify.
		In some locations within modern Athens and modern Alexandria it is still easier for individuals to access a physical library than it is for them to reliably access the Internet.

Support Miranda	Support Akeem
		Many of the ancient libraries cited as evidence by Akeem were destroyed during the very Dark Ages he cited.
		Information researched locally in physical texts can sometimes be more satisfying to a scholar.
		Independent studies of thousands of individuals have shown a direct correlation between the amount of available information and an improved ability of those individuals to identify misinformation.
		Intent in the production of misinformation does not increase the likelihood that it would be believed by a larger proportion of the public exposed to said misinformation.
		Deliberately disseminated misinformation is frequently more difficult for even the most astute modern or ancient news consumers to accurately identify.
		In some locations within modern Athens and modern Alexandria it is still easier for individuals to access a physical library than it is for them to reliably access the Internet.

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