It’s Official: IE Users Have a Lower IQ!

[mikehawk]

Don't know if anyone had posted this yet...

From an article on Sitepoint:

The 2011 assessment sampled 101,326 individuals over the age of 16 from the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. The company offered a free IQ test which most participants found via organic search results or PPC advertising campaigns. Subjects were not aware their browser preference was being monitored.

The researchers observed:

IE users had a significantly lower IQ.
There was little difference in the IQ for Firefox, Chrome and Safari users.
Individuals using Opera, Camino, and IE with Chrome Frame had the highest average IQ.

Make sure you read the whole story here before you comment :rofl:

http://www.sitepoint.com/ie-users-low-i ... a+Lower+IQ

 

[Swim]

:O
Lol.

 

[NBK*Twitch]

This was a hoax as seen here -

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08 ... -research/

http://blog.domaintools.com/2011/08/how ... dumb-hoax/

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailywee ... xplore.php

 

[mikehawk]

Shhh... don't ruin it! Like I said, read the entire article. 😛

 

[NBK*Twitch]

Shhh... don't ruin it! Like I said, read the entire article. 😛

But it is not funny at all and very insulting to many... What web browser one uses is not about their IQ,but their tech knowledge. As seen in Europe when people learned about more then IE they choose the other options. Hence why Firefox is now the biggest one over there.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

I am going to close this thread. I think that it has a strong possibility of turning into an argument.