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/^t/However, it takes hardly any pains to see that passiveness of absorbtion has far outstripped activity of thinking and conclusion drawing. In contacts with the mass media, the blunt programme watching, radio listening or article reading makes our senses dull, which is a frightening prospect and may have a negative outcome as far as perception of reality is concerned.