Boys and girls are different

Who would have thought? But now we know for sure, thanks to Google. Dan Ariely of Predictably Irrational writes:

You know how Google sometimes “predicts” what you might be searching for by giving you a little drop down menu of suggested search queries? These suggestions, of course, are based on what other users frequently search. So I tried teasing out some gender differences.

Here is what girls wanted to know:


And here is what boys wanted to know:


Says it all, really. As does this clever-clogs comment at Marginal Revolution:

It is interesting how both of them mostly answer each other.

They so do.

Matt Nolan comments further.

UPDATE
Kiwiblog linked to the same story on 16 January – three days after this post – as did Dim-Post in response. Come on, David and Danyl – you guys really should try to keep up.