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.
minibyte@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
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
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 5 days ago
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 4 days 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