Hi, everyone-

I found this online today and thought it was rather funny.  Now I don't
really ¨agree with the article but in tech support circles it's always been
assumed ¨that this was true. 

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From: http://tinyurl.com/4xagmd4

Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'
Users of the most popular web browser, Internet Explorer, tend to have
¨lower-than-average IQ, according to a survey of online habits.

11:19AM BST 01 Aug 2011



PC World reports that a "psychometric consulting" firm called
AptiQuant gave ¨free online IQ tests to 100,000 people, and then plotted
the scores against the ¨browser on which the tests were taken.

It found that Internet Explorer users scored lower than average, while
Chrome, ¨Firefox and Safari users were very slightly above average. Camino,
Opera and ¨Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame were scored
"exceptionally" high.

"The study showed a substantial relationship between an individual's
cognitive ¨ability and their choice of web browser," AptiQuant
concluded. "From the test ¨results, it is a clear indication that
individuals on the lower side of the IQ ¨scale tend to resist a
change/upgrade of their browsers."

Some people have suggested that there may be other factors at work.
Business ¨Insider's Matt Rosoff points out that since IE is the default
browser for ¨Windows PC users, anyone who doesn't know how to download and
install a new ¨browser will be stuck with it - "which drags down the
average". And users of ¨other browsers "include a
disproportionate number of computer geeks", which ¨might bring their
average up. Or, he admits, it might be that "IE users really ¨are kind
of dumb."

Within the group of IE users, version 6 users score lowest, while users of
¨version 8 do rather better.

The overall chart shows that Firefox has the smallest percentage of low-IQ
¨users, and the largest of average or high-IQ users. A similar study five
years ¨ago found that users had broadly similar IQs.

Jared Newman of PC World said the results should not be taken too
seriously. ¨"They are, after all, comprised only of people who feel
compelled to take IQ ¨tests," he said.

"But if you ever want to argue that Internet Explorer 6 users are too
stupid to ¨upgrade, at least now you've got some empirical evidence."
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Later,
Sean

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