Denying all the science and data which has proven the concept beyond any doubt to instead believe in the same old rehashed ideology? Sounds exactly the same.
A flat earth makes sense if you only spent 5 minutes thinking about it and have no background in or exposure to basic science.
Similar to this blog post. It makes sense if you read it, think about it for 5 minutes, and have no background in the advertising industry or the dynamics of effective/efficient advertising.
Not to mention that advertising and content recommendation engines for a paid service are each wildly different in their underlying dynamics and economics. But who cares about nuance anyway.
> A flat earth makes sense if you only spent 5 minutes thinking about it and have no background in or exposure to basic science.
Not that I particularly want to jump to the defense of people that believe in a flat earth, but they are not people that "only spent 5 minutes thinking about it". A lot of time has been spent trying to back up their beliefs and to form a coherent theory. They're wrong, of course, for many reasons, but it's incorrect and dismissive to call them intellectually lazy.
The core of flat earth and similar beliefs is often a legitimate reaction against the large established systems in society that, from their perspective, appear to be failing in obvious ways while lying to them regularly that everything is fine. The are recognizing a problem, and attempt to apply something resembling science to try and find answers.
