In sentence 15 (reproduced below), the writer wants to maintain credibility with the audience by using unbiased language. Children are incredibly gullible when it comes to robots, as a recent study demonstrates.

Which of the following versions of the underlined text best accomplishes this goal?

A. (as it is now)

B. often the victims of robotic deception

C. particularly susceptible to robotic influence

D. so naive that they believe whatever robots tell them

E. not clever enough to outsmart robots