The source of our current surprise isn't really new information; it's how carefully we've protected ourselves from absorbing that information.
Now, it is an incontrovertible fact that Yankee Stadium is north of Lower Manhattan, but having absorbed that little piece of information, you would still have some navigating ahead of you.
Cullen absorbs all that information, which becomes the basis for his Thursday commentary.
Some argue that vision is defined by the organ that absorbs the information: anything that does not enter through the eye is not vision, and thus Erik Weihenmayer is feeling, rather than seeing, the rock wall in front of him.
"Kids don't have to be presented with the ideas or theories behind the shapes to absorb the information that the shapes give them," said Mr. Przybilla, who says that the tops illustrate the primary structural systems of the universe.
Ten parents remarked that no matter how hard they tried, they could not seem to absorb the information that midwives, doctors and administrators shared.
Similarly, the fact that an REC has concluded that a consent form contains all relevant information does not mean that prospective participants who read the form will actually understand or absorb the information, or that it will have any appreciable impact on their decision-making process.
The White House could help clear this up by giving some really detailed, wonky briefings for journalists who know how to absorb that kind of information, and stop the vague, unhelpful pronouncements.
Having, by this stage of my life, absorbed the information that a Highsmith tale is quite capable of including catastrophe, I spent the next few pages thinking to myself, "what about those eggs?
