54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level (20% are below 5th-grade level). That’s for the US – Globally illiteracy levels skyrocket to 86%. source
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Dearth@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Poor reading comprehension skills are more prevalent than we think
minibyte@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 11 months ago
On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024.
Ignoring the slightly superfluous ‘average’, but… Wow. I’m surprised. I guess there’s a lot of people in far rural areas, or impoverished, or just surfing is their life (California has the lowest adult literacy!), who never learnt to read.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
In CA the inland is full of dumb rednecks and the coast is full of smart immigrants.
CA probably has the highest literacy rate of any state…in Hindi, or Mandarin lol
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The level of frustration from online discussions when the things you say are entirely missed or misinterpreted is a great example of this.
Even mildly complex topics that touch anything politically charged or emotionally charged tend to be subject to groupthink dynamics in a format where group think is largely just a result of poor reading comprehension.