【答案解析】推理判断题。在文章的开头作者就谈到,如果人们看到的只是现实,从不受到迷惑,生活就像是在童话故事或天方夜谭中一样(If men would steadily observe realities only,and not allow themselves to be deluded,life,to compare with such things as we know,would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights’ entertainments.)。由此我们可以对作者的观点做出判断:人类是很难做到明辨真伪的。