Thanking modern times for knowledge

[Nazek]

One of our Islamic teachers said this in a lecture I watched.  He said we are fortunate to be living in a time when we have access to lots of knowledge from scholars of different countries and in different languages, and then there’s the internet which gives tons of knowledge.  According to him all of this is a very positive thing.  Your opinion please.

[Heba E. Husseyn]

In this context “knowledge” is not a very accurate word to use.  What we have around us presently is an amalgam of information, misinformation and disinformation.  The substances we get with the help of technology has various paths.  It's up to every person which path they choose and Allah Almighty will be the Final Judge.  Thus, as we go through everything we come across we need to be constantly discerning and analytical.  Everything we are told or everything we read or hear must be in conformity with the Truth - the Noble Quran.  Everything that comes to us as ‘information’ must tally with the Noble Quran, science, logic and our common sense.  Science and logical perception are very relevant concepts of the Noble Quran.  The truth will always withstand the scrutiny and emerge victorious.  That’s when we can confirm to ourselves that we gained knowledge, that it was a ‘positive thing’ and we were fortunate to gain access to it. 

But in today’s world,  if we randomly accept all we hear and read, we can end up getting seriously duped and confounded.  That needs to be completely avoided.

As-Salam Alaikum.