There's more news data to assimilate today than at any time in
history. This incessant stream of informational noise causes a sensory
overload, shutting down the brain's natural filtering system of
rationality. Without this filter, misinformation is allowed to flow in
unabated and the mind is no longer able to form independent thought.
We become addicted to simplistic rhetoric, taking the place of
thoughtful analysis.
-- Wiley. "The Legend of Obviousman, Part 3" Non Sequitur, June 25, 2000.