by Eyder Peralta

I once heard Andreas Weigend — former chief scientist for Amazon — say that Internet searches reveal our most secret desires.

In the past, we've looked at Google's auto-complete function and found that Twitter trumps love, but just yesterday I stumbled upon a search string that really lays bare essential differences between men and women.

Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, Googled, "how can I get my boyfriend to..." and Google responded with a list of popular searches. The search engine's first suggestion? Propose.

He then changed the query to "how can I get my girlfriend to..." The most popular query? "Sleep with me."

This hardly presents men in a flattering light. So, I thought, what if we up the ante: what if we take the relationship to the next level and replace girlfriend with wife; boyfriend with husband. Would men redeem themselves and come off at least a tad emotionally present?

 

It's a mixed, sad bag with first result being the same for both: "love me again."

So if you're inclined to believe Weigend, it seems man and woman need to talk it out.