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Study showing Internet Explorer users have lower IQs is an ‘elaborate hoax’

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The news that has been making headlines across the web over the last couple of days – that users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser have a lower than average IQ – could in fact be an elaborate hoax or marketing stunt, CBR can reveal.

The study, by psychometric consulting company AptiQuant, claimed that users of IE have a lower IQ than users of Chrome, Firefox and Safari, while users of Camino and Opera have the highest.

Many pages on AptiQuant’s website are remarkably similar to those of another psychometric testing site, Central Test. In particular the Our Team pages on both sites feature the same pictures and job descriptions for many people – only the names have been changed.

Full story: Internet Explorer ‘low IQ’ findings a hoax?

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