Predictive Ads?
Somehow the Ads by Goooooogle panel on this page knew I was thinking about Evolution v. Intelligent Design again because just as I published the previous post each of the little buggers was about that topic -- and there was nothing on the page about it until this post.
I had a thought while watching a TV advert that featured elephants. Okay, maybe two thoughts. Or several. They all snuck up at the same time disguised as one. If mastodons are extinct largely due to climate change, where did elephants come from? Couldn't have been Evolution because there is no such thing. And the last I checked there were no elephants around during the mastodon era.
Ah! The fossil record is incomplete! Therefore it must be Intelligent Design!
But back to my topic. Someone either designed these adverts to read my mind or they have evolved to fit an environment that frequently discusses the controversy. Someone might have to explain that to me.
Editor's Note: Upon publishing this post a mere 10 minutes after starting to compose it the adverts devolved to their previous state of hawking fine-quality European personal weapons and cutlery at discount prices. And then when I headed off to read the funnies before hitting bed I found the following cartoon from Non Sequitur:
