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Go Ahead, Ask Google 'What Happened to the Dinosaurs'
Sorry Google, dinosaurs are not an indoctrination tool used by “evolutionists.” But right now, that’s what you’re told if you search “what happened to the dinosaurs.” This claim comes via Google’s highlighted, pullout result—which appears prominently in a box at the top of the results page—sourced from answersingenesis.com, a Christian website that attempts to use Genesis to debunk established science. The site also claims that dinosaurs were created by God on the sixth day...
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It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
Even if the possibility of misinformation brought by this website is sad, it's not Google's fault. I don't know for how long it's been up there, but assuming it's been a while, it's just because the site was the most visited when people searched for that question, Google's algorithms picks it up as the most likely information the user is seeking; actually, highlighting it by publishing articles and news about it will only worsen the issue. It could also be a "Google Bomb" deviced to put the site at the top, but it's unlikely seeing how the original article was written 8 years ago.
Again, it is sad that misinformation can be so easily widespread but it's a mistake to blame Google for it.