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Study Compares IQ With Browser Choice

Posted by samzenpus on from the using-a-stupid-blocker dept.

rennerik writes "A recent study of 100,000 people taking IQ tests compared the scores with which browser the person uses on a regular basis. On average, Internet Explorer users fared the worst, with IE6 users at the bottom of the pile and IE8 users performing slightly better. Firefox, Chrome and Safari fell in the middle with little difference between them. IE with Chrome Frame and Camino landed on top, along with Opera, whose users scored the highest"

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  1. Flawed study. by will_die · · Score: 5, Funny

    They break up the different versions of IE, if you combine all the IE versions then the IQ levels exceed the others.

    1. Re:Flawed study. by hedwards · · Score: 4, Funny

      It was a joke, but he's an Opera user so he wouldn't expect you to understand it.

  2. Re:All of those studies are the same by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. If it makes me feel superior to IE users, the story must run.

  3. Conclusion by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 5, Funny

    Internet Explorer makes you stupid.

    This is how statistics work, right?

    (Typed in Internet Explorer)

    1. Re:Conclusion by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 5, Funny

      No you idiot. Correlation does not imply causation.

      (Posted with Firefox)

    2. Re:Conclusion by mikkelm · · Score: 5, Funny

      Haha, plebs.

      (Authored in Opera.)

  4. Does it run Linux? by Teun · · Score: 4, Funny
    My first thought was, yeah sure, of course those running Linux compatible browsers are smarter!

    But then I realised of all IE browsers it's IE6 that runs on Linux...

    :)

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  5. Re:All of those studies are the same by sakdoctor · · Score: 3, Funny

    How do you explain the change over time then?
    There is only one conclusion: Using IE6/7 actually reduces your intelligence by around 5 points per year.

  6. Re:Losers by Urkki · · Score: 3, Funny

    I use lynx. Does this make me a God?

    Yes, absolutely! Now wait there while your IP is tracked, and nice people dressed all in white will come and take you to meet other deities in... Mt. Olympus institute for... gods.

  7. Re:Corrected for income? by Noughmad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Poor people use older stuff because thats all they can afford.

    If only those web browsers wouldn't be so dawn expensive....

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