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Old 07-15-2007   #57 (permalink)
RichBarna
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Default Re: Wikipedia: good resource?

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Originally Posted by matthew View Post
I have no affiliation with the site, so my answer is just a guess.

The site is probably there for two reasons: money flow from ad revenue, and to educate people on the dangers of listening to every inflammatory, urgent, FUD-like expression of information.

Which people do believe.... even supposedly informed environmental scientists who work for Greenpeace. There is an episode of a program by Penn and Teller on their series bullsh*it where they actually get people to sign a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide, even THEY didn't know it was actually H20 !!

Here's the link if you are interested:-
YouTube - Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition
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