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viOLetFanClub
Korea (South)390 Posts
On July 31 2011 00:50 niteReloaded wrote: would it be too much to ask you to take an IQ test and post results here.. just joking..  Indeed. I don't even qualify for an IQ test. | ||
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niteReloaded
Croatia5282 Posts
On July 31 2011 00:45 a176 wrote: What the hell does IQ level have to do with choice of web browser? If the average joe wants to visit cnn.com to read news, I don't think they could care less whether they used IE or Opera to view it. Intelligent people are more likely to recognize the areas of their life where they can make improvements and optimizations, and then do those improvements. It's a fact that IE6 is a vastly inferior browser to ANY modern browser (including IE9), and this study shows that the only people who still haven't realized how to upgrade this part of their life -- must be dumb as shit. | ||
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Serthius
Samoa226 Posts
Is Internet Explorer For The Dumb? A New Study Suggests Exactly That. No it doesn't. What the study suggests is that dumber people are more likely to stick with the default browser. That doesn't mean IE is "for the dumb". Classical abuse of statistics. Dumb article, if anything. | ||
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Ryalnos
United States1946 Posts
Still, I will enumerate some reasons: First off, the premise of this study just screams 'childish' to me. The conspiracy drivel that follows the 'results' just oozes unprofessionalism. An average of 80 IQ is VERY low. In itself, It is practically sufficient for me to doubt the study, or at least its attempt to connect intelligence to browser usage.. Even if IQ were not a widely disregarded measure of intelligence, the official IQ test is supposed to be administered by a psychologist, not taken online (given all the 'IQ tests' I've seen online I wouldn't be quick to trust their quality). | ||
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viOLetFanClub
Korea (South)390 Posts
On July 31 2011 00:54 niteReloaded wrote: Intelligent people are more likely to recognize the areas of their life where they can make improvements and optimizations, and then do those improvements. It's a fact that IE6 is a vastly inferior browser to ANY modern browser (including IE9), and this study shows that the only people who still haven't realized how to upgrade this part of their life -- must be dumb as shit. I still use the Windows Classic theme on my "totally blinged out" gaming rig. Although the newer themes provide a more pleasant experience visually, I do this because I want higher FPS in-game for CoD4 and other games that I play competitively, despite the theme change only causing said frames per second to fluctuate between 3-5. By your logic, I am "dumb as shit". | ||
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Rah
United States973 Posts
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EnSky
Philippines1003 Posts
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FunnyPicture
Sweden147 Posts
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Maero
349 Posts
Nooooooope. I'm going to have to assume they normalized all the IQs around 100 and the IQ spread is MUCH lower than this implies, or the study is completely flawed in some big way. | ||
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thehitman
1105 Posts
Plus we all know IQ tests are not the accurate measurement of intelligence, because they are created by a person. I mean Einstein had an IQ test of 100 in school, but he made the biggest laws pf physics in history and people actually though he was borderline crazy. So genius and crazy person go hand in hand. But again I don't think that study is correct. | ||
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Sulla
23 Posts
On July 31 2011 00:54 niteReloaded wrote: Intelligent people are more likely to recognize the areas of their life where they can make improvements and optimizations, and then do those improvements. It's a fact that IE6 is a vastly inferior browser to ANY modern browser (including IE9), and this study shows that the only people who still haven't realized how to upgrade this part of their life -- must be dumb as shit. Or maybe it's just because 'more intelligent people' tend to spend more time on their PC and become advanced users who require better functionality. IE is probably good enough for the casual user and unless it's painfully slow and crashes alot people don't even consider switching from it. (it might be painfully slow for people on these forums because they have used the other browsers) | ||
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niteReloaded
Croatia5282 Posts
On July 31 2011 00:58 k1mjee wrote: I still use the Windows Classic theme on my "totally blinged out" gaming rig. Although the newer themes provide a more pleasant experience visually, I do this because I want higher FPS in-game for CoD4 and other games that I play competitively, despite the theme change only causing said frames per second to fluctuate between 3-5. By your logic, I am "dumb as shit". nope, you just have things prioritized in a way that suits you best. Nothing dumb about that. | ||
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viOLetFanClub
Korea (South)390 Posts
On July 31 2011 00:59 FunnyPicture wrote: To be fair, the sample size of Opera can't be that big considering only about 10 people still use it. I'd have to come out and say that's probably the best joke I've heard in the last few days. | ||
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BadgerBadger8264
Netherlands409 Posts
I use Chrome, btw. | ||
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VWSChe
United States144 Posts
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Quesa
United States304 Posts
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VWSChe
United States144 Posts
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niteReloaded
Croatia5282 Posts
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
Leonard Howard, the CEO of the company said that he has been receiving hate mail from IE users since yesterday. He said, “I just want to make it clear that the report released by my company did not suggest that if you use IE that means you have a low IQ, but what it really says is that if you have a low IQ then there are high chances that you use Internet Explorer.” He further went on to say that the company did not feel threatened at all by the lawsuit threats because they have all the scientific data and logs to back their claims. “A win in a court would only give a stamp of approval and more credibility to our report,” he quipped. AptiQuant is a Vancouver, Canada based company that provides tools to corporates to help them measure the mental ability of existing or potential employees. In a report released yesterday, they had claimed that a study done by the company suggested that IE users have the lowest IQ as compared to other browsers. | ||
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Besides... since they involved USA in the test, then whichever browser Americans use the most would have it's average IQ drop drastically + Show Spoiler + kidding | ||
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