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Cosmic Variance
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I Fear for the Internets

by Sean Carroll

Thanks to Daniel’s post below, Cosmic Variance is presently the #1 Google hit for pretty pictures of love.

Who says we don’t have a sensitive side?

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March 3rd, 2007 9:03 PM
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6 Responses to “I Fear for the Internets”

  1. 1.   Joseph Smidt Says:
    March 3rd, 2007 at 11:45 pm

    That’s pretty funny.

  2. 2.   Jill Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 12:02 am

    Hee hee! That’s neat.

  3. 3.   Rob Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 12:46 am

    The question becomes, How did you discover this?

  4. 4.   Quasar9 Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 7:05 am

    lol Sean, on same google page:
    Pretty women scramble men’s ability to assess the future
    Psychologists in Canada have finally proven what women have long suspected – men really are irrational enough to risk entire kingdoms to catch sight of a beautiful face

  5. 5.   spyder Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 7:16 pm

    I guess someone better be working on four-leaf clovers and easter eggs then.

  6. 6.   David Says:
    March 5th, 2007 at 7:53 pm

    Another strange coincidence is that “pretty pictures of love” turns up in our search logs at symmetry magazine also… I don’t know what that means, but, according to Google, symmetry is definitely less pretty or less lovely than Cosmic Variance.





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