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Aren't 1 out of 5 Americans functionally illiterate? [1] There is no way this is correct. [1] https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-literacy-s

• bitbytebane 8mo ago
  Yes they are very illiterate, especially in math; of which you are an excellent example.
  • JoblessWonder 8mo ago
    ? What's going on man? I... didn't use any math in my comment?
    • jgwil2 8mo ago
      The commenter above is saying that your suggestion that there is some contradiction here indicates a mathematical error. The post claims 60% have read a book; you claim 20% can't read at all; both can be true.
      • JoblessWonder 8mo ago
        Yeah… I didn’t say they both weren’t true due to a mathematical error… I was insinuating that the survey is probably flawed because if 20% of Americans can’t read… they likely aren’t even taking this survey. It is also my uneducated guess that the actual percentage of Americans who haven’t read a single book in the past year is MUCH higher than 40%. Maybe a survey of HN commentators but not of the general population.