AptiQuant Browser/IQ Study Was Likely a Hoax 185
A steady stream of people have submitted notes this morning saying that the story we (and the entire internet, and even NPR's Marketplace) mentioned recently talking about browser platform correlating with IQ looks like a hoax. Of course, if you read the Slashdot discussion, you probably would have known this already, but now everyone knows. The company responsible for the survey, AptiQuant, looks to not be real.
So... (Score:2, Insightful)
I swear, Homer Simpson is right, you can find a study to prove anything. He conducted a study to prove that.
So what. (Score:2, Insightful)
They results still look true to me, even if it was a hoax. Think about it. Many of you know IE users.
It speaks volumes that we all believed it (Score:4, Insightful)
Ssssh! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:It speaks volumes that we all believed it (Score:2, Insightful)
Your post reads exactly like what dumb people think about their own intelligence. Seriously.
"*USERS* in general are stupid. "
WTF? Oh, I see mister " I'm one of the smartest IT people in my circles" doesn't know what the word stupid means. Well done, moron.