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China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible (www.the-independent.com)
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[–] 16 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Most Americans read at or below a 6th grade level

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    So we hear. But the world is not America and this is a British newspaper.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    To be fair I don't think literacy rates in the UK blow the US out of the water or anything.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    I check on this. So first thing I found, literacy rates and average reading age are different things. Literacy rate, able to read at all, is clearly tracked and both countries are like 99%. Reading age seams really mushy. If you can get some numbers, please share!

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    Oh I couldn't get any hard data on reading age for the UK. Search engines are trash now.

    Just figured out the apples to apples term to search is "functionally illiterate"

    From a quick glance it seems to be about 18% (UK) vs 21% for the US. So as I expected, better but not anything to write home about.

    https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children)

    You mean you don't just trust the AI summaries?

    18% or 21% sounds like a lot of people. Not an easy problem. :-(

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