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Reminds me of the fake web browser and IQ study (which claimed IE users are dumb). Basically every media house just copy pasted the press release. http://en.wi

• Samuel_Michon 13y ago
  Since then, has there been a real study into the relation between intelligence and browser choice? I suspect the hoax report largely was picked up by IT sites and mainstream press because the conclusion sounded plausible to them (IE users = not smrt).
  • ubersync 13y ago
    Yea it was an exploit of a cognitive bias (confirmation bias, to be exact [1].) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias