Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels

• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This point should be front and center when countering the STEM circlejerk of “humanities are useless”.

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  • Primarily0617@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The humanities are objectively useful. Grade school reading level as a metric is not.

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Grade school reading level as a metric is not.

      What would you suggest instead?

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      • Primarily0617@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No idea, but me not thinking up an alternative doesn't make it a less useless metric for supporting the conclusions everybody seems to be drawing

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• Primarily0617@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  not tested in grade school reading level

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  • Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The fact that the irony of your answer is lost on you is fucking tragic.

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