Two recent examples:
If you search for "Martin Luther King" on Google, the first result you get is a white supremacist site. You may find that offensive, but Google says intervening would harm the "integrity" of the system, and, what's more, "the page is relevant to the query" because the PageRank algorithm says so.
Link: Elinor Mills: Most reliable search tool could be your librarian | CNET News.com,
see also Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Beyond question.
Scientists at Purdue are simulating a jet colliding with the World Trade Center to study what happened on 9/11. Clive Thompson suggests that this will put to rest conspiracy theories that say a jet collision could not have caused the collapse of the towers. Nevermind the countless experts who will tell you that of course it was possible; some people won't believe it until it comes from a computer.
Links: Collision detection: Scientists building a simulation of the 9/11 airplane collisions,
Purdue: Scientists and engineers simulate jet colliding with World Trade Center.
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