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Are Mac Users Smarter than PC Users?

Posted by pudge on from the well-yes-duh dept.

arminw writes "Maybe not smarter, but according to MacNewsWorld they are better at expressing themselves than the average Slashdotter and certainly are better at handling the king's English than the average PC operator." Also, michael is better than CowboyNeal. Mathematical expressions of written style don't lie!

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  1. Re:Troll food: I'm hungry! by Otter · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Yeah, first off, I want to know what 2,800 lines he took. I would hope he didn't use a random method of comment gathering as anything under +3 is generally junk (and thus why it holds there).

    Your level of understanding of statistical methodology: 5th grade

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  2. Re:Typical Mac user has changed over the years by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    At one time, the typical Mac user bought his machine because he was scared of DOS and the rest of the PC world.
    No, he bought a Mac because they were better than PCs in every way except for price and software availability. He bought a system that didn't require an IT degree to operate, rather he bought a system that would just let him get on with more important work than maintaining a computer.
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  3. Re:Flamebait by EvilAlien · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Hardly.

    Those that spend less to do more are smarter than those who spend more to have a pretty GUI that lets their brains stagnate.

    If there is any correlation between MacOS usage and some attempt at measuring intelligence, we would do a mass injustice to imply causation. It is likely that MacOS users, on average, would be more intelligent because Macs tend to be in education institutions (a context which 'intelligence' metrics will undoutably be biased towards) or used in other contexts in which intelligence is applied to things other than computer use.

    Remember, it is quite possible to be very smart in general while be an idiot with computers, and visa versa. Computer clue != general clue.

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  4. Re:Article text in case of slashdotting! by IAmATuringMachine! · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    He wanted to make sure you'd be able to understand it :)

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