Abundance of facts in the Computer Age

Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as
too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts
to the detriment of understanding. - Mortimer Adler

Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, stated that "instantaneous
devices" and the abundance of information people are exposed to
through e-mail and other technology-based sources could be having an
impact on the thought process, obstructing deep thinking,
understanding, impedes the formation of memories and makes learning
more difficult. -Wikipedia

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