In his book, The Signal & the Noise...

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"there isn't any more truth in the world
than there was before the Internet
 or the printing press.  Most of the data
 is just noise, as most of the Universe
 is filled with empty space."

From: The Signal & the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't,

by Nate Silver  (ISBN 978-1-59420-411-1) 

* Nathaniel Read "Nate" Silver was born on January 13, 1978 and is an American statistician and writer who analyzes baseball and elections.  He is currently the editor-in-chief of ESPN's Five Thirty Eight blog and a Special Correspondent for ABC News.    Wikipedia