IE users lag in IQ tests

[alocispepraluger102]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8674678/Internet-Explorer-users-have-below-average-IQ.html

C World reports that a "psychometric consulting" firm calledAptiQuant gave free online IQ tests to 100,000 people, and then plotted the scores against the browser on which the tests were taken.

It found that Internet Explorer users scored lower than average, while Chrome, Firefox and Safari users were very slightly above average. Camino, Opera and Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame were scored "exceptionally" high.

"The study showed a substantial relationship between an individual's cognitive ability and their choice of web browser," AptiQuant concluded. "From the test results, it is a clear indication that individuals on the lower side of the IQ scale tend to resist a change/upgrade of their browsers."

Some people have suggested that there may be other factors at work.Business Insider's Matt Rosoff points out that since IE is the default browser for Windows PC users, anyone who doesn't know how to download and install a new browser will be stuck with it - "which drags down the average". And users of other browsers "include a disproportionate number of computer geeks", which might bring their average up. Or, he admits, it might be that "IE users really are kind of dumb."

Within the group of IE users, version 6 users score lowest, while users of version 8 do rather better.

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[sonnymax]

Ah, how I love it when people misuse the tools of my trade for bullshit "studies" like this one.

[alocispepraluger102]

perhaps the study was an attempt at humor.

[JSngry]

Ah, how I love it when people misuse the tools of my trade for bullshit "studies" like this one.

You're a web designer? I thought you was a shrink.

[Swinging Swede]

Within the group of IE users, version 6 users score lowest

Chrome user here. "very slightly above average" ...hmmm...

[Brad]

I guess some people have nothing better to do with their day

[7/4]

I got a kick out of this article. Very funny!

[Dave James]

The Onion might be able to do something with this. They're the ones who speculated that by the year 2075, there will only be five intelligent people left on the planet.

[RDK]

The Onion might be able to do something with this. They're the ones who speculated that by the year 2075, there will only be five intelligent people left on the planet.

Why so long?

[ejp626]

Turns out the whole thing, including the "study" was an elaborate hoax -- Hoax unraveled

The crazy things folks do when they have too much time on their hands. Well, better than creating viruses, I guess...