• Commiunism@beehaw.org
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    1 month ago

    The source seems extremely dubious with seemingly no way to see how they conducted the study and where they pulled the numbers from, and some of the points are not very well worded especially in their 2024 study, there the first 2 lines are:

    “On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024. 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024.”

    Granted, English isn’t my first language but those statements just seem contradictory. “U.S. adults nationwide” and “adults in the US” seems like the exact same thing, unless someone can correct me.

    Comment sections are also filled by bots so that doesn’t give that much confidence either.

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      1 month ago

      If 21 % can’t read (are Illiterate) then it makes sense that 79 % can read (are literate). So yes, nationwide and in the US are the same thing.

      Besides that, I agree. No sources is a no go and no moderated comments is a fucking biohazard.

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        If 21 % can’t read (are Illiterate) then it makes sense that 79 % can read (are literate). So yes, nationwide and in the US are the same thing.

        Seems like I can’t read myself, I thought both said illiterate. My mistake.