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This is analogous to the internet as the majority of content is generated on the basis of what gets clicks opposed to what is correct. A prime example of this is information about climate change. It is a fact that the vast majority of actively publishing climate scientists – 97 percent – agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change<ref>[https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20the%20vast%20majority%20of,global%20warming%20and%20climate%20change. https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20the%20vast%20majority%20of,global%20warming%20and%20climate%20change.]</ref>. However, people like [[wikipedia:Alex_Epstein_(American_writer)|Alex Epstein]] maintain that this not the case, this is not because he is more knowledgeable or even has a PhD in climate science, it is because clicks make revenue and there is a small, non-[[Neuroplasticity|neuroplastic]] population of people trying to avert [[cognitive dissonance]] and he is profiteering of this.