We investigate the independence number of two graphs constructed from a polarity of $mathrm{PG}(2,q)$. For the first graph under consideration, the ErdH{o}s-Renyi graph $ER_q$, we provide an improvement on the known lower bounds on its independence number. In the second part of the paper we consider the ErdH{o}s-Renyi hypergraph of triangles $mathcal{H}_q$. We determine the exact magnitude of the independence number of $mathcal{H}_q$, $q$ even. This solves a problem posed by Mubayi and Williford.
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