Internet Explorer users have lower IQs: study

[Avatard]

http://news.yahoo.com/internet-explorer-users-lower-iqs-study-140027121.html

Using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to browse the web? Your IQ score is likely to be lower than someone using Firefox, Chrome, Safari or Opera.

A new study published by online psychometric testing company AptiQuant Psychometric Consulting Co. has found that a user's choice of web browser is related to their cognitive ability.

"There was a clear indication...that the subjects using any version of Internet Explorer ranked significantly lower on an average than others," said Aptiquant. Out of all the IE versions, "subjects using IE 8 [fared] a little better."

People using Opera, Camino and IE with Chrome Frame scored slightly higher than their not-so-bright Internet Explorer-using friends, suggesting that people with a lower IQ "tend to resist a change/upgrade of their browsers."

"There was no significant difference in the IQ scores between individuals using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple's Safari; however, it was on an average higher than IE users," said Apitiquant.

More than 100,000 people in USA, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand took the online Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (IV) test in the space of four weeks and their IQ scores were correlated with their browser choice for the study.

http://www.aptiquant.com/news/is-internet-explorer-for-the-dumb-a-new-study-suggests-exactly-that/

[Captain Morgan]

:lol: I work for the government. We still have IE 6 on our computers at work.

[Homeslice]

:lol: I work for the government. We still have IE 6 on our computers at work.

Same here.

This argument is so stale. If someone doesn't spend a lot of time online, there's no need to seek out the most advanced stuff. Same with phones or TVs or any other device.

[Corey]

I use IE9. I switched to it after using Chrome and Firefox for a while. Guess I'm retarded.

[Homeslice]

I use IE9. I switched to it after using Chrome and Firefox for a while. Guess I'm retarded.

IE9 is actually pretty decent.

The higher the IQ, the more people automatically assume that popular stuff is crap (be it music, books, cars, or internet browsers). So they seek out non-mainstream stuff, and automatically assume it's better. Even when it isn't.

[Corey]

IE9 is actually pretty decent.

The higher the IQ, the more people automatically assume that popular stuff is crap (be it music, books, cars, or internet browsers). So they seek out non-mainstream stuff, and automatically assume it's better. Even when it isn't.

I'm digging it. I was using Chrome as my default, but there are just a few too many sites that I visit (this one included) where it just bogs down and lags out. Firefox is alright here and there, and I use it every now and then for some other sites, but IE9 is actually pretty smooth, presents the fewest problems, and actually works. I don't know what the hell got into Microsoft lately, but between IE9, Windows Phone 7, Zune Pass, and their move to give better ties between all of their services, they're doing quite a bit to get me more interested in their products again.

[Homeslice]

Windows Phone 7,

Which phone do you have?

[Corey]

Which phone do you have?

Right now a Droid X. My cousin got the HTC Trophy. The build quality is excellent, the OS flies along, and I'm pretty impressed with the UI and how everything is integrated and has a consistent look to it. There are some small things that really stick out. Hitting the camera button gets you right into a camera and ready to snap a picture right away, no bullshit waiting. The live tiles are quick and simple ways to get the information I like. It just seems like it has taken the positives from iOS and Android and made a solid, cohesive, and consistent OS that feels more polished than the Android OS. I think the Mango update coming in the fall is really going to really make that whole platform shine. If Ice Cream Sandwich is as big a clunker as Gingerbread has been for me, and Verizon gets a few more WP7 options, I have no problem ditching Android for a WP7 phone.

[Papa_Complex]

IE9 is actually pretty decent.

The higher the IQ, the more people automatically assume that popular stuff is crap (be it music, books, cars, or internet browsers). So they seek out non-mainstream stuff, and automatically assume it's better. Even when it isn't.

IE9 is dog slow and I've reverted at least a dozen users, who regretted doing the update. More than half of them thought that the issue was a slow network connection.

[Homeslice]

IE9 is dog slow and I've reverted at least a dozen users, who regretted doing the update. More than half of them thought that the issue was a slow network connection.

Slow compared to what? I haven't noticed any speed decline vs. IE8.

[Papa_Complex]

Slow compared to what? I haven't noticed any speed decline vs. IE8.

Slow compared to IE8 and IE7. Noticeably and significantly slower. It also buggers up several of our web based applications and has to constantly be run in compatibility mode, if it's going to be left on the machine. The speed issue, though, is why I keep being asked to uninstall it.

[Particle Man]

:lol: I work for the government. We still have IE 6 on our computers at work.

:lol: weren't they still using Windows 3.11 until a very short while ago as well?

[Adeptus_Minor]

The higher the IQ, the more people automatically assume that popular stuff is crap (be it music, books, cars, or internet browsers). So they seek out non-mainstream stuff, and automatically assume it's better. Even when it isn't.

Is that higher IQ or hipster IQ?

[fasternyou929]

http://news.yahoo.com/internet-explorer-users-lower-iqs-study-140027121.html

Using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to browse the web? Your IQ score is likely to be lower than someone using Firefox, Chrome, Safari or Opera.

A new study published by online psychometric testing company AptiQuant Psychometric Consulting Co. has found that a user's choice of web browser is related to their cognitive ability.

"There was a clear indication...that the subjects using any version of Internet Explorer ranked significantly lower on an average than others," said Aptiquant. Out of all the IE versions, "subjects using IE 8 [fared] a little better."

People using Opera, Camino and IE with Chrome Frame scored slightly higher than their not-so-bright Internet Explorer-using friends, suggesting that people with a lower IQ "tend to resist a change/upgrade of their browsers."

"There was no significant difference in the IQ scores between individuals using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple's Safari; however, it was on an average higher than IE users," said Apitiquant.

More than 100,000 people in USA, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand took the online Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (IV) test in the space of four weeks and their IQ scores were correlated with their browser choice for the study.

http://www.aptiquant.com/news/is-internet-explorer-for-the-dumb-a-new-study-suggests-exactly-that/

What a fantastically useless study. I wonder why they didn't also correlate IQ to the color of their shirt, zip code, choice in vehicle, republican versus democrat, whole milk vs. skim...

The most entertaining part of this article is that some pathetic people will latch onto it to make themselves feel better about who they are. The irony of "higher IQ" relying on junk science... :lol

[OneSickPsycho]

What a fantastically useless study. I wonder why they didn't also correlate IQ to the color of their shirt, zip code, choice in vehicle, republican versus democrat, whole milk vs. skim...

The most entertaining part of this article is that some pathetic people will latch onto it to make themselves feel better about who they are. The irony of "higher IQ" relying on junk science... :lol

It's funny how people who are supposedly smarter than everyone else consistently need to validate their intelligence in such ridiculous, illogical, and fundamentally stupid ways...

[pauldun170]

http://gawker.com/5827284/internet-explorer-iq-story-was-a-hoax

[OneSickPsycho]

http://gawker.com/5827284/internet-explorer-iq-story-was-a-hoax

Go figure.

[Corey]

Thank god, the internet says I'm not dumb now. How would I live without it telling me what I am?

[fasternyou929]

Go figure.

I wonder how many people duped by it were in the "higher IQ" category.

[Avatard]

Internet Explorer IQ report appears to be a hoax (http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/08/03/explorer.report.faked/index.html)

[Avatard]

Internet Explorer story was bogus (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14389430)

[derf]

Internet Explorer story was bogus (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14389430)

from the link you provided:


We see you are a Google Chrome user, please let us explain. Sorry we had to do make believe the original story was fake. There are just too many really dumb IE users out there with guns and they were starting to cause trouble after they realized we had outed them as being part of the lower end of the mental pool. if you do see an IE user who has not heard that the story is alright, please pat him or her on the head, give them a treat (preferably something sweet), and reassure them that they are indeed smart. if confronted by an angry mob of IE users looking to take revenge, please lean forward, drag your knuckles on the floor, drool a little, and avoid using big words.

Just to clarify, the original story was real, we just don't want to upset the idiots with guns.

[Avatard]

How the hoax started and propagated. (http://www.aptiquant.com/articles/396/)

Tell-Tale signs that should have uncovered the hoax in less than 5 minutes! (http://www.aptiquant.com/news/tell-tale-signs-that-should-have-uncovered-the-hoax-in-less-than-5-minutes/)

[Particle Man]

This thread makes me giggle :lol:

[Cutty72]

:lol: I work for the government. We still have IE 6 on our computers at work.

Yup, and that shit locks up all the time!

[Rangerscott]

http://my-gamebox.com/pic/ffie.gif

[101lifts2]

I just installed Google Chrome...shit FLYS vs. IE 9, but I know that some sites routines aren't going to be supported by Chrome...yet.

[askmrjesus]

How the hoax started and propagated. (http://www.aptiquant.com/articles/396/)


Some Firefox user with a superiority complex, put it on a motorcycle forum? :lol:

JC

[shmike]

Some Firefox user with a superiority complex, put it on a motorcycle forum? :lol:

JC

The Rapture is over.

Jesus is back with a VENGEANCE! :devil:

[Particle Man]

Some Firefox user with a superiority complex, put it on a motorcycle forum? :lol:

JC

:lol

[OneSickPsycho]

Some Firefox user with a superiority complex, put it on a motorcycle forum? :lol:

JC

Sounds about right - :lol:

[Avatard]

Me? Wow. I have that power? I'm gonna start charging, like the Times, then.

Trip, we'll work out a deal. Have your people call my people.

I'm a news source now? We're in trouble. I sometimes post weird shit, because I read a lot...and in different places.

But this story was pure mainstream, boys and girls: CNN, the BBC, NPR, CNET, Forbes and London's Daily Mail and Telegraph...

Sadly, for someone with a superiority complex like myself, I can't take too much personal credit for propagating this one...

[askmrjesus]

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[Avatard]

My butt only hurts because of yesterday's Chili dog...but it was fucking good, so I can't really bitch.

[Particle Man]

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:lol:

[Papa_Complex]

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