Spurious Algorithms

Netflix thinks I'll enjoy Strong Bad's Emails. Which, of course, I will.
Apparently the Netflix recommendations algorithm (or possibly "group of recommendations elves") has created a correlation between "people who like Strong Bad", "people who like Eddie Izzard" (okay, with you so far), and ... "people who like Rivers and Tides".

I mean to say: "Quoi?"

Now, as you know, I like Strong Bad's Emails very much indeed. Overall I'd give 'em a 5. Same goes for most of the Izzard oeuvre (well, Circle gets a 4 because the audience was dense, and I kinda hated Circus, but that had nothing to do with Eddie). Andy Goldsworthy gets a 7 on a scale of 1-5. I know that many of my friends like all three works/artistes/oevres very much as well. It's not that I'm disputing that there could be some significant Venn Diagram overlap between fans of SB / IZ / AG. It just seems like a spurious leap for the Netflix algorelves to say that since I liked Rivers and Tides, I'll like Strong Bad.

Sorta like saying "We know you loved The Terminator; why not try "A Room With A View"? Or "Hey, you like foie gras, right? Try this rhubarb!" It's true, I love them both, but I certainly wouldn't use one as a basis for recommending the other.