Does your choice of browser relate to your IQ SOURCE > 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. I have a feeling that this is nothing more than a marketing gimmick but is there any validity in in the study? Is there any independant data to back this up or refute? Can a anyone who takes and online IQ test really be allowed to score Exceptional?

The 'study' has apparently since been exposed as a hoax:

* BBC News: Internet Explorer story was bogus



> A story which suggested that users of Internet Explorer have a lower IQ than people who chose other browsers appears to have been an elaborate hoax.
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> A number of media organisations, including the BBC, reported on the research, put out by Canadian firm ApTiquant. (sic)
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> It later emerged that the company's website was only recently set up and staff images were copied from a legitimate business in Paris.

* IT News: Analysis: Is the Internet Explorer IQ test a fake?



> But whois records - the database that lists who was responsible for a website such as its technical contacts and owner - and web content comparisons raised questions over the company behind the survey that was the subject of the story.

So currently there is no evidence to support a link between IQ and browser choice

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