The collection and dissemination of information through the use of the internet has proven to be extremely beneficial to the scientific community as a whole thus spurning the creation of new ideas and making intelligent collaboration on a project vastly easier than it ever has been in the history humankind. I view the the internet as a digital library of alexandria; however on, the other hand it has created a public forum where the ignorant masses are able to rise up and have their unintelligible din roar heard by the world over, i.e. 4chan.
Plus free porn, and lolcats. Can't be knocking those lolcats.