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More (not so) fun facts:

54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.

21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.

High immigration numbers don't fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.

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[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago
[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

see the thing is that I've already misjudged how dumb the average person is. I give too much credit to people.

same thing with people being assholes. I just kind of assumed that people generally want to not be assholes. nope, absolutely not, wildly incorrect. the average person doesn't give a fuck about anything but themself at that moment

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Now you're getting it.

Most people (compared to the average dork that ends up on lemmy) are in fact dumb stupid idiot assholes, who act 1000% sure of things they are completely mis or disinformed about.

[-] Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago

Sure, if by "average" he meant "median"

[-] lbfgs@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

*contingent on a symmetric intelligence distribution

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Man there are a bunch of math/stats nerds on Lemmy ๐Ÿ˜€

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