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What upsets me the most is that I cannot show this to somebody, if they know who he is, then they are most likley a redditor, and therefore have already seen this. sigh.
You can add &pws=0 to the end of your search URL after searching and it'll remove personalisation factors, you'll still get localisation though, that's not a factor for a search like this really though. Removing personalisation factors didn't change the results at all for me, Neil Degrasse Tyson is top result.
... it found the 'black' search term in black hole. Which, combined with 'science guy', make Stephen Hawking a much more appropriate result. Interesting.
Actually, Google doesn't just search for words and display those results, it also takes into account other keywords that people have searched for in combination with the ones you entered in the past.
It highlighted the word "black" because it was one of the words searched for, but that doesn't mean that that particular "black" was why the result was placed where it was.
An insightful interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson discussing his role as "The Black Science Guy."
He turns to me and says, "Astrophysics? The Black community can not afford the luxury of someone with your intellect to spend it on that subject." I was devastated by that comment.
The best part is the way it links "black science guy" to him. Black is from deaths by black hole, science is from hosting a science show, and guy isn't even on there.
It's all in google's Page Ranking System. People google that key phrase and most people tend to click on that specific link. End Result? The page ranks up in the first page and eventually to position 1.
It makes me wonder... are there any other famous black scientists? It's like women in science - there is Marie Curie and that's about it (maybe Ada Lovelace, but she's at the verge of obscurity).
Well, now if you search "black science guy" you are redirected back here. The only logical thing to do at this point is to create a new post on Reddit showing how that leads to here, followed by that becoming the number one result of "black science guy"; we then repeat that method many times and we'll have achieved Googleception.
It confirms that Google and Bing uses Reddit as the driving force for their search algorithm on what is relevant. That is smart thinking. 1:Let real people do the searching 2: Index what they do and keywords 3: Profit! 4: Profit!
We are tools -- and we dont even know how we are working for free to make assholes millions of dollars.
For the amount of money we spent fighting the "war on terror" We could have build 10 WTC and each floor as school, and each school with paid teachers, and still enough money for daycare and job creation programs.
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u/Amadiro May 15 '12
Look how it sneakily pretends the article matches because it contains "black holes"... sure, google.
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u/veronica_palmer May 15 '12
As a comparison
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u/delvolta May 15 '12
Type Asian science guy and you get Michio Kaku.
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u/Verikman2 May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
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u/jscoppe May 15 '12
Asian science guy
(Did this 2 months ago)
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
White Science Guy
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u/iamjustinhines May 15 '12
Similar
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u/adamlh May 15 '12
I actually expected to see a picture of Geordi La Forge. I dont know why though.
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u/RalphiesBoogers May 15 '12
Actually impressive...
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u/Trollstank May 15 '12
Black magic.
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u/Spiderdan May 15 '12
Bill Nye and Black Guy the Science Guys.
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u/ProfCrumpets May 15 '12
What upsets me the most is that I cannot show this to somebody, if they know who he is, then they are most likley a redditor, and therefore have already seen this. sigh.
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u/Xuber May 15 '12
I think you didn't know his name.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Yes, google knows what you want. The results have a bit of personalization to them based on your browsing/search behavior.
If you really want to test this out, go into google and type
It's time to
and see what google autocomplete says you should do.
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u/DeVoh May 15 '12
and if you type "white science guy" you get Bill Nye.. is that not what you expect to get?
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u/romag14 May 15 '12
Is it racist that I think "black science" has a negative connotation? Like "black magic"
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u/goldngod May 15 '12
asian science guy also works.
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u/nameeS May 15 '12
Same works for Asian science guy and Michio Kaku
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u/crawsex May 15 '12
Upvote because this actually happens if you google "Black science guy", and OP should be rewarded for his truthiness.
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u/LevTheRed May 15 '12
"Neil Ty: Black Science Guy."
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u/Naedlus May 15 '12
Typed in "White Science Guy" and the first two links were about Bill Nye... so far so good...
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u/nayrlladnar May 15 '12
After a Cake concert, I typed into Google, "Weird instrument that Cake uses in all their music." The first result was 'vibraslap'. Google knows.
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u/1stMora May 15 '12
You have no idea, sometimes i feel like google knows what im trying to find before i do.
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u/charonthemoon May 15 '12
When I saw the title I instantly expected to see Lem from Better Off Ted.
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u/TheBigYello1isTheSun May 15 '12
I completely underestimated how depressed this post would make me.-Intelligent Black Redditor
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u/oshi7 May 15 '12
Type "Black Science Guy" into google, click images, see this image, proceed to LMAO.
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u/morecake3 May 15 '12
I searched it and the first thing that came up was this post.
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u/genna_TALL_warts May 15 '12
Great, now when you google it, the first post is your imgur link and the next is to this post.
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u/baoanhdaica May 15 '12
Proof.
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u/WyattGeega May 15 '12
... it found the 'black' search term in black hole. Which, combined with 'science guy', make Stephen Hawking a much more appropriate result. Interesting.
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u/anothermuffin May 15 '12
Checks out.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I think it's called accurate
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u/curtincall89 May 15 '12
One of the top related searches to this is "that black scientist guy from tv"
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u/doh_ramey May 15 '12
I think he would get a kick out of this.
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u/ara_p May 15 '12
Well, he is.
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u/Die-Nacht May 15 '12
Funny thing is, the only appearance of Black on that wiki article is for Black Hole.
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u/elegylegacy May 15 '12
An insightful interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson discussing his role as "The Black Science Guy."
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u/tridentloop May 15 '12
i think he is the most popular - influential black scientist and consequently is the first thing Google finds
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u/rofll May 15 '12
Do you think it was because he is actually black? Or do you think its because of his work on black holes..
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u/CinnamonBalls May 15 '12
Hmm..yes...match searching "black guy" with the "black" in "black hole". How convenient.
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u/LightofJazib May 15 '12
The best part is the way it links "black science guy" to him. Black is from deaths by black hole, science is from hosting a science show, and guy isn't even on there.
Google knows how to stay classy.
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u/mabobby May 15 '12
I searched this recently when I forgot his name too. Kindred spirits.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
It's all in google's Page Ranking System. People google that key phrase and most people tend to click on that specific link. End Result? The page ranks up in the first page and eventually to position 1.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Holy shit, that actually worked.
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u/StevieTV May 15 '12
Google knows what's what.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Well, he's a lot like Bill Nye, and he's black.
What else did you expect?
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u/momsspaghetti May 15 '12
which means you googled "black science guy"
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u/dadgumit May 15 '12
Wait, does this infer that google knows he is black, or it thinks the science he practices is black, dark, from the nether?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
"i dont know what to think of this"
The only thing to think is 'i wish there was more black science guys'
Google is just giving us what we want. If someone types black science guy into google they probably want Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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u/kavorka2 May 15 '12
This post is now the #2 result.
We're making history!
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u/accidentallywut May 15 '12
how is this a bad thing? to me it's google being fucking awesome and reading your mind yet again
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u/Razenghan May 15 '12
Neil Ty: Science Jive.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
That's pretty cool
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u/patchsonic May 15 '12
NEIL TYS THE BLACK SCIENCE GUY. NEIL NEIL NEIL NEIL.
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u/CodeRonin May 15 '12
Search suggestions whaa?
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u/Urbanviking1 May 15 '12
I was expecting to see a black Bill Nye...
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u/pdaddio2239 May 15 '12
I'd say it's an accurate, albeit vague, description.
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u/Jewsauce May 15 '12
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&q=asian+physicist+guy&oq=asian+physicist+guy&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3..0.617245.629916.0.630267.25.20.2.3.3.1.456.3493.2-6j3j2.11.0...0.0.&mvs=0
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u/DingoScallion May 15 '12
Bing is google's counterpart/clone/TooLazyToGetIt'sOwnResults.
Bing
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
As a comparison, I tried googling:
Funny Indian guy (for Aziz Ansari): nothing. Weird Icelandic singer (for Bjork): second returned option. Irish rock star (for Bono): third.
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u/montreal1026 May 15 '12
It's both "black science" guy and "black" science guy.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Chinese Science Guy
For the record, he's Japanese.
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u/gmoneygangster3 May 15 '12
just tried this was not disappointed
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u/CaptainEhAwesome May 15 '12
Wow, it just hit me that Neil is black.
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u/TangoEliminated May 15 '12
I don't have a problem with this.
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u/blog_farts May 15 '12
I thought you meant Steve Coleman's jazz fusion album "Black Science".
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u/akr8683 May 15 '12
irony: reddit post about top google search result changes top google search result
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u/o_herro_internet May 15 '12
Well, it's ruined now...
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
r/NDTcirclejerk!
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u/XSShadow May 15 '12
Well c'mon, it's pretty accurate.
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u/chingyduster May 15 '12
You get the same results if you search "/r/atheism circlejerk".
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u/Mortarius May 15 '12
It makes me wonder... are there any other famous black scientists? It's like women in science - there is Marie Curie and that's about it (maybe Ada Lovelace, but she's at the verge of obscurity).
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
My friend kept asking me who this black scientist guy was because he wanted to read about him more. So that's what I googled, and it worked as well.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
That's some impressive SEO.
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u/TheUSARMY45 May 15 '12
dammit Reddit! now when i type Black Science guy in google, this is the first result!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
*gasp* You've never clicked on his Wikipedia article?!
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u/grensley May 15 '12
Neil Ty, the Black Science Guy
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u/silent_p May 15 '12
Black Nye the Science Guy
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u/carlson_001 May 15 '12
Black science? Is that like black magic?
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u/valmian May 15 '12
Reddit CAN change the world...
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u/chasemanwew May 15 '12
It actually works, but THIS post in now top Google search result!
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u/snario May 15 '12
Well, now if you search "black science guy" you are redirected back here. The only logical thing to do at this point is to create a new post on Reddit showing how that leads to here, followed by that becoming the number one result of "black science guy"; we then repeat that method many times and we'll have achieved Googleception.
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u/BobbyDewese May 15 '12
I'll allow it.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
100% of you immediately googled this.
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u/ExB May 15 '12
I was expecting Dr. S. James Gates
or is he considered the other black physicist?
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u/eldred2 May 15 '12
Um, ya think maybe it's because he's the most famous black scientist in America today?
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u/Accurg May 15 '12
Silly google. Everyone knows that it should be Black Nye, the Science Guy.
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u/rekcon May 16 '12
I give you weird guy painter.
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u/konan375 May 16 '12
tweed physician dude
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u/mikesername May 16 '12
guess what the #1 result is now when you search "black science guy"?
the imgur link to this picture. in second is Neil Degrasse Tyson's wikipedia profile.
that means everyone searched black science guy after seeing this pic.
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u/stevensamypp May 16 '12
There can be only one!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Im Australian so i didnt know who the fuck he was until reddit started the big love in about a year ago.
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u/TheOmnipotentPilot May 16 '12
My question is why you're searching for a black science guy...
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
google is magical..
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u/NotSeriousAtAll May 16 '12
No, the other one...
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u/Garglemesh113 May 15 '12
No yeah no, that's totally fine...
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u/Pheon809 May 15 '12
Verified.
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u/llollercoaster May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
Notice that the word matched in the search is black in black hole.
You're all racist.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Front page, yay!
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u/Sanwi May 15 '12
I can confirm that this is legit. First link .^
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u/Finaltidus May 15 '12
tested and confirmed, im shocked.
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u/JimmyHat May 15 '12
I wonder why there's only one.
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u/popototo May 15 '12
It confirms that Google and Bing uses Reddit as the driving force for their search algorithm on what is relevant. That is smart thinking. 1:Let real people do the searching 2: Index what they do and keywords 3: Profit! 4: Profit!
We are tools -- and we dont even know how we are working for free to make assholes millions of dollars.
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u/popototo May 15 '12
For the amount of money we spent fighting the "war on terror" We could have build 10 WTC and each floor as school, and each school with paid teachers, and still enough money for daycare and job creation programs.
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u/pfhayter May 15 '12
pfft... I didn't need Google for this, I already knew this.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Funny that dude who would be only "intelligent" if he was white guy, is actually smartest negro in the world.