There was a very important article in the news today. It seems a study was conducted and the results are in. A company called AptiQuant, are the folks who saw a need to make sure we were informed on a subject I am sure you have been pondering as much as myself.
AptiQuant states they are “the world leader in psychometric testing”. I have never been one to be ashamed of not being knowledgeable of every thing I encounter. Psychometric testing was a new term for me.
I found the definition: “The word psychometric is formed from the Greek words for mental and measurement. Psychometric tests attempt to objectively measure aspects of your mental ability or your personality. You are most likely to encounter psychometric testing as part of the recruitment or selection process and occupational psychometric tests are designed to provide employers with a reliable method of selecting the most suitable job applicants or candidates for promotion.”
Upon reading the definition, I have to say I have encountered and heard of this testing, but, I did not know the proper title.
This study was conducted online. They tested the IQ of users and then grouped the results according to which browser they used. Those who used Foxfire, Chrome, Safari and Opera had higher IQ scores than those who used Internet Explorer.
Those who used Opera scored the highest. Congratulations to any of you who use Opera. FireFox, Chrome and Safari were pretty much equal, but all were below Opera users
The article did offer some softer bedside manners in telling us that those using Opera, FireFox and Chrome were generally professionals and “assorted geeks”. Also, Explorer is a default option on Windows computers. And those who use Explorer probably have no idea there are other options and more likely are inexperienced.
But it goes much “deeper” than that. Those who were using older versions of Internet Explorer, such as IE6 and IE7 really hit the lower scores. Those using IE8 fared a little better.
So there you have it. I want to thank AptiQuant not only for coming up with the idea that this information is important enough to conduct a test. I also want to thank all those professionals and assorted geeks who made some of us look bad.
I guess at this point you are not the least bit surprised I use Internet Explorer.
I think we should delve a bit further. How about we conduct the study state by state, we will then see if the results are also affected by region. You have to think California will knock the rest of us states down quickly. After that, I have no theories.
I am going to find contact information for AptiQuant and see if I can’t garner some attention for further testing, as soon as I can pick myself up from this gloom that has settled over me, the Internet Explorer doofus.
Some news in the world of science, South Korea has cloned a dog that glows in the dark. The little doggie, Tegon, glows fluorescent green under ultraviolet lights after he has been given doxycycline antibiotic.
A research team at Seoul National University state; this revolutionary manipulation could help us to find cures for human diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
You can turn the dog off or on by adding drugs to the dog’s food. The scientist say because humans and dogs have 268 illnesses in common, creating dogs that show artificial symptoms could aid in treatment methods for diseases. 
Tegon was four years in the making at a cost of $3.2 billion.
Finally, scientists have discovered the human belly button holds up to 1,400 distinct bacteria strains and nearly half of those have never been seen before.
Your belly button needs a good bath. This study swabbed many belly buttons and found out we carry around some creepy creatures in our belly buttons. North Carolina State conducted the Belly Button Biodiversity Project. You can’t make this stuff up.
So for me personally it has not been a good SciTech kind of day. I am an Internet Explorer user and my belly button is disgusting.
I hope your day is going better. Take care,
KJ
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