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It works because people want to buy things, as I said at the beginning of this exchange. Advertising works with them, not against them.


This is not what my links say. Do you have your own references?


I have a bit of knowledge about human nature and some applied logic. I do not need others to tell me how to think and I find Wikipedia a heavily biased and ideologized source.


Wikipedia is not a source. It's a list of sources. You can always add your own (reliable) sources to the list. Basing your decisions on "a bit of knowledge about human nature" is unscientific.


I am not a scientist. And I wouldn't trust scientists using Wikipedia "sources".


Scientific approach is not just for scientists. It's the only approach which works, according to existing (proven) evidence.


I seriously doubt the scientific approach includes Wikipedia.


It includes references in Wikipedia, because those must be from reliable sources.




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