Saturday, May 04, 2019
It's just an ad
Some websites won't let you browse unless you turn off your ad-blocker. When you turn it off, you're barraged by mostly appropriate ads for things you actually use.
Immediate example: I hit RealClearScience just now and got an ad from Kaiser Permanente, the insurer I pay for "health". Kaiser was offering "wellness" crap. Like it or not, it's personally appropriate and possibly useful.
Then I hit ScienceDaily, which doesn't use online ads. Much less annoying. Interesting article on arsenic as a substitute for oxygen, seemingly part of the Grand Blueprint of all organisms. Sort of like an emergency backup generator.
But then...
No, wait. Calm down. This is just another ad. The study was funded by NASA, which won't approve grants unless they sing hymns to Gaia.
Even so, this form of advertising is still egregious. The ad for Gaia masquerades as "science". Worse, it's a publicly funded RELIGIOUS WORSHIP SERVICE, which would be unconstitutional if we had a constitution.
Some websites won't let you browse unless you turn off your ad-blocker. When you turn it off, you're barraged by mostly appropriate ads for things you actually use.
Immediate example: I hit RealClearScience just now and got an ad from Kaiser Permanente, the insurer I pay for "health". Kaiser was offering "wellness" crap. Like it or not, it's personally appropriate and possibly useful.
Then I hit ScienceDaily, which doesn't use online ads. Much less annoying. Interesting article on arsenic as a substitute for oxygen, seemingly part of the Grand Blueprint of all organisms. Sort of like an emergency backup generator.
But then...
Arsenic-breathing populations may grow again under climate change. Low-oxygen regions are projected to expand, and dissolved oxygen is predicted to drop throughout the marine environment.AAARRRGGGHHH! Annoying! This is religion, not science! Doesn't belong in the article!
No, wait. Calm down. This is just another ad. The study was funded by NASA, which won't approve grants unless they sing hymns to Gaia.
Even so, this form of advertising is still egregious. The ad for Gaia masquerades as "science". Worse, it's a publicly funded RELIGIOUS WORSHIP SERVICE, which would be unconstitutional if we had a constitution.
Labels: Carbon Cult, Grand Blueprint
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