In this task, you're given a statement, and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence clearly disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3' corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.

Statement: Let fools like Severn pretend that life continued normally. Choices: 1. Severn and the others were not in touch with the reality of life. 2. Allow the idiots like Severn to go on like life was still normal. 3. Severn and others were too smart to pretend nothing had changed.
3