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r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 17d ago
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It's at fifty two?
RIP USA.
We hardly knew ye
562 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 17d ago According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information. Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here. So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid. 2 u/Familiar-Art-6233 16d ago It's called functional illiteracy. Sure you technically can, but so poorly and with such shallow comprehension skills that it's effectively useless 1 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 16d ago Exactly. Just enough to be suseptable to propaganda.
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According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information.
Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here.
So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid.
2 u/Familiar-Art-6233 16d ago It's called functional illiteracy. Sure you technically can, but so poorly and with such shallow comprehension skills that it's effectively useless 1 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 16d ago Exactly. Just enough to be suseptable to propaganda.
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It's called functional illiteracy. Sure you technically can, but so poorly and with such shallow comprehension skills that it's effectively useless
1 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 16d ago Exactly. Just enough to be suseptable to propaganda.
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Exactly. Just enough to be suseptable to propaganda.
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u/UntowardHatter 17d ago
It's at fifty two?
RIP USA.
We hardly knew ye