Human Brain Cloud "proves" we think about sex more than money
by John Bardinelli 
{ Jul 22nd 2007 at 6:15PM }
Kyle Gabler, founder of the Experimental Gameplay Project and indie game studio 2D Boy, recently posted a few stats from his side project, Human Brain Cloud. The online "game" shows you a word or phrase and all you have to do is type in the first thing that comes to mind. The answers players give are amassed into a huge network of connected blobs viewable from the website. Nearly 800,000 associations have been submitted so far, connecting over 100,000 unique words and phrases. What's the most commonly submitted word? "Sex", of course. The second most common is "me", while the third is "money". Good to know the collective consciousness of the human race has its priorities straight. Human Brain Cloud lets you sit and submit as many associations as you want, and we spent more time than we'd like to admit adding our two cents to the project.
[Via Independent Gaming]
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shMerker @ Jul 22nd 2007 6:34PM
I think you guys just wanged the human brain cloud server. Is there a verb for when Joystiq wanfs somebody? How about "stiq", with the past tense "stuq". Anyway I happened to refresh my browser just as this was posted, went to the site, was there for about 6 page reloads before the server hit its CPU quota. Congratulations if this is the first time Joystiq's raw clout has shut down somebody else's site.
shMerker @ Jul 22nd 2007 6:34PM
As soon as I posted the comment, my brother said the past tense should be "stiq'd". He's totally right.
hvnlysoldr @ Jul 22nd 2007 6:36PM
Pfft. I wouldn't take those stats seriously. Why? Because the internet is for porn. Those most likely to gravitate to that site would associate porn with everything.
Fernando Rocker @ Jul 22nd 2007 7:05PM
Hi... I know this is nothing related with this new, but you are the only one who is in Joystiq right know that I know a little...
You know something about tv's and resolution and stuff? Im a little confused...
Or sheppy, are you there???
Michael @ Jul 22nd 2007 6:42PM
I think it just exploded.
Neebs @ Jul 22nd 2007 6:54PM
Blog effect'd!
Kyle Gabler @ Jul 22nd 2007 7:03PM
Wow I was wondering why my site suddenly went down.. You guys killed it! Luckily the server snaps back fairly fast (a couple minutes). Thanks joystiq ;)
DS user @ Jul 22nd 2007 7:18PM
Nice Joe vs. the Volcano reference!
Jonah Falcon @ Jul 22nd 2007 7:47PM
A lot of misspelled words. And the site exceeded its monthly quota. (laugh)
Dave Silva @ Jul 22nd 2007 7:55PM
I am both amused and stunned by the fact that you used one of those things, which mentions nachos... and that it is strangely connected to Mexico.
We don't even HAVE nachos! The closest thing we have are Totopos!
belcho @ Jul 22nd 2007 7:57PM
File this under No Shit
Jeff @ Jul 22nd 2007 8:02PM
Yeah, nachos are a totally American invention, as is "nacho cheese".
Anyway, I wouldn't go so far as to say this thing proves that "humans" think more about sex than anything else. I think it might prove that "humans who happen to be mostly male and under 25 and with enough time on their hands to be sitting in front of their computer rather than *actually* having sex right now" think about sex more than anything else.
KenShigeruKutaragiMiyamoto @ Jul 22nd 2007 8:10PM
Joe Banks approves
accidental @ Jul 22nd 2007 9:53PM
it doesn't prove humans think about sex more than anything else. It just shows evidence that humans associate sex with more subjects than any other keyword.
Patrick @ Jul 22nd 2007 11:59PM
bob dole agrees
Noga @ Jul 22nd 2007 10:03PM
Your post crashed the server XD
comtar @ Jul 22nd 2007 10:12PM
OMG!!!!1 NO WAY!!!!1111 YOU LIEEEEEEE!
Voice @ Jul 22nd 2007 10:16PM
Sex is disgusting and people are dirty. I'm going to remain pure.
Rare Hare @ Jul 22nd 2007 11:27PM
I'm saving myself for Christ.
Saint @ Jul 23rd 2007 8:21AM
@Rare Hare:
You want to have sex with a 2007 year old man???
Rare Hare @ Jul 23rd 2007 2:27PM
He'd be older than 2007. 0 AD is when he died. Not to nitpick.
Truepatriot @ Jul 22nd 2007 10:35PM
well duh because money can lead to sex.
bkirst90 @ Jul 22nd 2007 11:00PM
Just a thought, but couldn't this program actually be marketable in the advertising sector?
hvnlysoldr @ Jul 22nd 2007 11:26PM
1. Word Association
2. Most associations winner is sex
3. Sex is already heavily marketed
4. ???
5. Profit!
blooh @ Jul 22nd 2007 11:57PM
rare hare, i'm not sure jesus wants you to fuck his ass or even give you a reacharound
OhJustSomeRandomGuy @ Jul 23rd 2007 1:11AM
And of course, as soon as I find it and get into it, it exceeds its bandwidth quota and shuts down. Yay.
Grant @ Jul 23rd 2007 11:30AM
its randomly up and down.
nifty little site though.
it's funny to make what seems like an obscure connection, and find out 3 other people have done the same.
and what is that statistic about men? they think about sex every X seconds?
so play with this site for about 5 minutes, think about sex 20 times, somethings gonna spark it.
I'm sure the obvious recurring themes are going to be sex, greed, and love.