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.
I knew immediately (Score:5, Funny)
Not real?!! (Score:4, Funny)
Say it ain't so Ms. Zuckerburg. They have a web page [aptiquant.com] with a Facebook link. They've got to be real [slashdot.org]. Right?
A follow-up study showed... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Appearances (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It speaks volumes that we all believed it (Score:3, Funny)
I use IE. I'm one of the smartest IT people in my circles
There's no-one else in that basement, is there?