The audience would glaze over and drool.

I'd say 87%.

Yes, I'd say 65% of this country is on autopilot and fed the emotional reactions by mOrons (which guide their conduct or lack there of).

Great article by Thomas Sowell. And sadly, the answer is Yes. We are now a nation of non thinking sheepified zombie lemmings.

I’m leaning yes, too. :)
I was just re-watching an interview with Ayn Rand on the Johnny Carson show. In the comment section someone commented.
“Can you imagine this level of intelligent conversation happening on the Ellen show today?”
* Mimi shakes head no*

The obsolescence of thinking is what makes my students think I am refreshingly different.