For two reasons. First the lighter one:It shows videos I've already seen, the red bar going across the bottom all the way through.Simple enough. Now here's the really insidious toxic one:I love watching astronomy videos, stuff that goes a little deeper like lectures and long-form interviews. For this, I am often bombarded with Niburu-type pseudo-science recommendations. Just like that, it'll take you down the rabbit hole, I've gotten my son to watch science videos, then suddenly he began talking about UFOs, lake monsters and ghosts. For watching an Oxford lecture on Gilgamesh, I was presented with a bunch of recommendations for the mystical powers of crystals as presented by aliens to the ancient cultures.This is how people who want to learn might end up staying ignorant while believing they are actually learning something truthful, I really have to wonder just how much conspiracy like this anti-vaxx stupidity has been spread/reinforced in this way. via /r/youtube
