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ogawdlulz
Bangladesh61 Posts
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SmoKim
Denmark10305 Posts
 thanksit's funny, eventough i have all the browsers, by instinct i always click on Explorer :D so wierd, then again apparently i'm stupid | ||
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valaki
Hungary2476 Posts
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Black Gun
Germany4482 Posts
but this is just a theory and, as i said, just one possible factor. i indeed do believe that the less smart people are also more likely to be using IE. | ||
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Underoath
Peru113 Posts
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SkelA
Macedonia13092 Posts
Too bad its not that popular but everything good that all browsers use now comes from Opera and everybody just copies it. | ||
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Soulforged
Latvia984 Posts
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Underoath
Peru113 Posts
On July 31 2011 01:11 sleepingdog wrote: I've been using opera for ages - suck it bitches  Same here  | ||
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Weson
Iceland1032 Posts
On July 31 2011 01:33 Soulforged wrote: Lol ie6...i've always, always known this. God how I hate its users for existing and making every web project requiring a damn shaman to work properly. Agree! Damn i hate when you have to make alot of extra work just to please those who use that damn web-browser. | ||
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IntoTheBush
United States552 Posts
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Biff The Understudy
France8214 Posts
On July 31 2011 00:32 niteReloaded wrote: AptiQuant, a company from Vancouver, Canada, published a study which shows a correlation between a person's IQ and the choice of their web browser. The study revealed that the average IQ of IE users (especially old versions) is drastically lower than the IQ of modern web browsers users. Source article: link The key picture: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/orPPu.png) AptiQuant, the makers of the study, are now being threatened with a lawsuit by a group of Internet Explorer users. --------- Personal opinion: Regarding the study itself, it's interesting to notice the average IQ of IE6 users in 2006 and in 2011. From the huge drop in IQ, it's visible that the intelligent people have moved on to better alternatives, while only the dumbest still use it. (This isn't meant to offend anyone, so don't be offended - even tho I doubt a single person on TL uses IE6) Further, I wonder if this article will spread or will it stay under radar? It's certainly provocative, and I can easily see this getting a lot of shares on facebook and twitter, which could lead to a small wave of browser switching. Also, Opera is suddenly 'the browser geniuses use', so that's great for them, they really deserve more public recognition. P.S. I wonder if the makers of the study bought some Opera shares :p What does TL say, and will you be sharing this? Poll: Will you share the article? Nope (524) Yep (160) 684 total votes Your vote: Will you share the article? The whole IQ thing really proves one thing about intelligence: the people who invented such a dumb concept are not very intelligent themselves. Measuring intelligence is dumb, defining intelligence the way IQ does is dumb, everything about IQ is dumb. Nobody can even give a clear and definite answer about what is the real content of the concept of intelligence. How on earth would you measure it? It just defies all logic. Now my girlfriend uses IE because she doesn't like spending time on the computer (and doesn't like computers in general). Therefore she uses the default browser of her laptop. How on earth can that be correlative with a lack of intelligence? On July 31 2011 01:30 SmoKim wrote: I feel retarded now thanksit's funny, eventough i have all the browsers, by instinct i always click on Explorer :D so wierd, then again apparently i'm stupid Either you are stupid either the "scientists" who wrote this article are stupid. I wouldn't worry too much if I were you  | ||
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xXFireandIceXx
Canada4296 Posts
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Mr.Loki
Germany136 Posts
On July 31 2011 01:31 valaki wrote: Opera master race here. Fuck yeah. ^^ | ||
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Cubu
1171 Posts
On July 31 2011 01:33 Black Gun wrote: a factor contributing to this result that i can think of is that IQ tests usually favor the younger generation because they are usually correlated with tests encountered in school or college. the longer a person is out of school and the longer he or she has been doing mostly "non-thinking" work, the lower the IQ will probably be. and, surprise surprise, particulary the very old versions of IE are probably mainly used by older people. generally i think that the willingness to switch to a better browser and the demand for functionality and rich features are more common among young folks. but this is just a theory and, as i said, just one possible factor. i indeed do believe that the less smart people are also more likely to be using IE. iirc, iq stops increasing at the age of 16~18. damn, i was so close to choosing opera but could not resist FF's adblock. | ||
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DeSam
Belgium84 Posts
(btw: many koreans do) | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
But this article seems a bit dumb...my parents do not give a damn what browser they use because they rarely use the internet and they are some of the smartest people I know. This is just elitist BS. | ||
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Uhh Negative
United States1090 Posts
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
On July 31 2011 01:30 ogawdlulz wrote: inb4 50 pages of replies Don't post stupid 4chan memes here, thanks! You probably use IE6, don't you... Either way, I can't get behind this study. I mean...IE comes standard on PCs now, most "low IQ" people - or at the very least - not very tech smart people won't change browsers... I prefer Firefox, I just like the addons and it runs great for me. I always wonder why people choose to do research on this kind of thing... | ||
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