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Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they__l feel they__e thinking, they__l get a sense of motion without moving. And they__l be happy, because facts of that sort don__ change. Don__ give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.
Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451
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Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they__l feel they__e thinking, they__l get a sense of motion without moving. And they__l be happy, because facts of that sort don__ change. Don__ give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.

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