The news of IE's low IQ users turned out to be a hoax

Remember the news that a recent study by a Canadian company revealed that users with lower than average IQ are more likely to use Internet Explorer than other browsers? This turned out to be a hoax.

The CBR edition found that AptiQuant, the company that allegedly conducted the research, contains large chunks of text and images that are identical to the content of psychometric testing company Central Test. Compare, for example, these two pages , and you will see that one of these companies is a fake.

Moreover, according to Whois, the site aptiquant.com was registered a little more than two weeks ago, while the site says that the company was founded five years ago.
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Central Test told the CBR that it has nothing to do with AptiQuant, which largely makes it possible to call this whole story a hoax.

At the same time surprising attention to detail on the site AptiQuant. For example, you can find earlier studies (also just copied from the Central Test website), frequently asked questions and the full address of the company - in short, everything that people usually find on the websites of such companies.

In addition, after the release of the article and the “research” on IQ of users of different browsers, AptiQuant did not stop, but published the following article stating that loyal IE users threaten with a lawsuit.

via Mashable , The Next Web