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archived https://archive.ph/bP9BJ

edit: sources from the link

  • https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy
  • https://www.crossrivertherapy.com/research/literacy-statistics
  • https://www.thepolicycircle.org/brief/literacy/
  • library_napper@monyet.cc
    ·
    1 year ago

    reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level[1][2][3][6]

    wtf is this shitty medium "article". It has footnote numbersbut they're not links and there's no actual footnotes.

    Please dont post this garbage here.

    • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.ml
      ·
      1 year ago

      Citations are linked at the bottom:

      Citations:

      [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/09/09/low-literacy-levels-among-us-adults-could-be-costing-the-economy-22-trillion-a-year/?sh=24ac605e4c90

      [2] https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy

      [3] https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/

      [4] https://www.crossrivertherapy.com/research/literacy-statistics

      [5] https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/14phpbq/how_is_it_possible_that_roughly_50_of_americans/

      [6] https://www.thepolicycircle.org/brief/literacy/

      It's alright if you're American though

      • Rom [he/him]
        ·
        1 year ago

        Did they really cite a fucking reddit post

        • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
          ·
          1 year ago

          Top comment on that post is actually decent it seems, describing the problems with the numbers as reported by a similar study

          Why the fuck cite a Reddit post tho lmfao

          • Rom [he/him]
            ·
            1 year ago

            Right, at least cut out the middleman and cite the study directly.

            Although on second thought if they wanted to provide examples of uneducated yanks, there are few better places for that than reddit comment threads. So maybe it was a good move after all.