Between chatgpt and the complete destruction of the US educational system on every single level, this illiteracy and innumeracy will only get worse.
Now, right now, is the easiest it will ever be to get people to understand that $100 is a bigger number than $50.
Now, right now, is the easiest it will ever be to get people to understand that $100 is a bigger number than $50.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Between chatgpt and the complete destruction of the US educational system on every single level, this illiteracy and innumeracy will only get worse.
Now, right now, is the easiest it will ever be to get people to understand that $100 is a bigger number than $50.
Now, right now, is the easiest it will ever be to get people to understand that $100 is a bigger number than $50.
wolfers suggested that trump might suffer from innumeracy
a real problem - a person who is illiterate but with numbers
dyscalculia - a learning disorder related to number based learning
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I used to think he just made magnified good numbers, and diminished bad numbers ...
a real problem - a person who is illiterate but with numbers
dyscalculia - a learning disorder related to number based learning
---
I used to think he just made magnified good numbers, and diminished bad numbers ...
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
wolfers suggested that trump might suffer from innumeracy
a real problem - a person who is illiterate but with numbers
dyscalculia - a learning disorder related to number based learning
---
I used to think he just made magnified good numbers, and diminished bad numbers ...
a real problem - a person who is illiterate but with numbers
dyscalculia - a learning disorder related to number based learning
---
I used to think he just made magnified good numbers, and diminished bad numbers ...
now, now. It could be innumeracy
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
now, now. It could be innumeracy
100 million undocumented people? This is Trumpian level of innumeracy.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
100 million undocumented people? This is Trumpian level of innumeracy.
Completely orthogonal to the (magnificent) article, but all the ur-boomer takes by guys like Galloway boil down to "all males should be in the 60/40/20/1% of the surviving/passing/qualifying male cohort". Functional innumeracy.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Completely orthogonal to the (magnificent) article, but all the ur-boomer takes by guys like Galloway boil down to "all males should be in the 60/40/20/1% of the surviving/passing/qualifying male cohort". Functional innumeracy.
It's relying on the same innumeracy that had Canadian banks switch from reporting their quarterly profits in Billions to Thousand Millions. Having $4 Billion in profit per quarter sounds way greedier than having $4000 million in profit per quarter. Like me saying I'm sixty-ten years old. 🙄😏
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's relying on the same innumeracy that had Canadian banks switch from reporting their quarterly profits in Billions to Thousand Millions. Having $4 Billion in profit per quarter sounds way greedier than having $4000 million in profit per quarter. Like me saying I'm sixty-ten years old. 🙄😏
Which rigor guys?
Kronos, here's what I'm running up against:
A very loud cohort of ostensibly left-wing people who reject any chart or graph that isn't Doomer enough as capitalist propaganda. Widespread innumeracy leading to bad promises on the campaign trail and poor allocation of resources.
Kronos, here's what I'm running up against:
A very loud cohort of ostensibly left-wing people who reject any chart or graph that isn't Doomer enough as capitalist propaganda. Widespread innumeracy leading to bad promises on the campaign trail and poor allocation of resources.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Which rigor guys?
Kronos, here's what I'm running up against:
A very loud cohort of ostensibly left-wing people who reject any chart or graph that isn't Doomer enough as capitalist propaganda. Widespread innumeracy leading to bad promises on the campaign trail and poor allocation of resources.
Kronos, here's what I'm running up against:
A very loud cohort of ostensibly left-wing people who reject any chart or graph that isn't Doomer enough as capitalist propaganda. Widespread innumeracy leading to bad promises on the campaign trail and poor allocation of resources.
he’s stupidly wrong and nonsensical. the innumeracy force is strong with this one.
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
he’s stupidly wrong and nonsensical. the innumeracy force is strong with this one.
It's a very intuitive sort of argument and so crops up continuously, what is frustrating, at least in the American context (I can't speak to other countries) is that it is invariably paired with a staggering innumeracy about exactly how much we spend on stuff.
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It's a very intuitive sort of argument and so crops up continuously, what is frustrating, at least in the American context (I can't speak to other countries) is that it is invariably paired with a staggering innumeracy about exactly how much we spend on stuff.
The education establishment is dooming a generation to illiteracy and innumeracy.
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The education establishment is dooming a generation to illiteracy and innumeracy.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The education establishment is dooming a generation to illiteracy and innumeracy.
www.frontpagemag.com/fpm-plus/gen...
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I think they’re going for the dumb-person thought of “oh wow, I don’t have to pay this off for another 20 more years, maybe I’ll even be dead by then so it won’t matter!” That sort of mix of innumeracy and easy money scheme mindset might actually work (on zoomers or inexperienced buyers especially)
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I think they’re going for the dumb-person thought of “oh wow, I don’t have to pay this off for another 20 more years, maybe I’ll even be dead by then so it won’t matter!” That sort of mix of innumeracy and easy money scheme mindset might actually work (on zoomers or inexperienced buyers especially)
Innumeracy is why they cannot out 2 and 2 together.
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s congressional district has one of the highest SNAP usage rates in the country.
Constituents wonder why he hasn’t used his power to help them, but many blame Washington’s dysfunction.
Constituents wonder why he hasn’t used his power to help them, but many blame Washington’s dysfunction.
In Johnson’s district, fury over SNAP, but little blame for him or Trump
People who use SNAP in Mike Johnson’s congressional district wonder why his power hasn’t protected them, but many lay the blame on Washington’s dysfunction.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Innumeracy is why they cannot out 2 and 2 together.
@futurebird
I don't think this is about innumeracy.
Your "People wouldn't fall for it if we explained it better" approach is very honorable l. Folks taking responsibility and trying to improve things is generally a good thing.
The core issue isn't that Trump is lying. That's obvious and would […]
I don't think this is about innumeracy.
Your "People wouldn't fall for it if we explained it better" approach is very honorable l. Folks taking responsibility and trying to improve things is generally a good thing.
The core issue isn't that Trump is lying. That's obvious and would […]
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rollenspiel.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
@futurebird
I don't think this is about innumeracy.
Your "People wouldn't fall for it if we explained it better" approach is very honorable l. Folks taking responsibility and trying to improve things is generally a good thing.
The core issue isn't that Trump is lying. That's obvious and would […]
I don't think this is about innumeracy.
Your "People wouldn't fall for it if we explained it better" approach is very honorable l. Folks taking responsibility and trying to improve things is generally a good thing.
The core issue isn't that Trump is lying. That's obvious and would […]
It’s fundamental innumeracy. Tens of millions of people in the United States can be destitute and that would still leave over 300 million other people. And if you assume that a decent chunk of the destitute does not vote, you’re talking about very limited numbers in the national election.
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It’s fundamental innumeracy. Tens of millions of people in the United States can be destitute and that would still leave over 300 million other people. And if you assume that a decent chunk of the destitute does not vote, you’re talking about very limited numbers in the national election.
The sudden in innumeracy of people finding train seats. (Except on Crosscountry where I’m fairly sure they’re randomised).
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The sudden in innumeracy of people finding train seats. (Except on Crosscountry where I’m fairly sure they’re randomised).
So, when you point out innumeracy I think you should explain it with patience. Explain it understanding that some people who may be well informed and intelligent in other matters might not understand why, for example, decreasing by more than 100 percent is nonsense.
(100 percent is all of […]
(100 percent is all of […]
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sauropods.win
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
So, when you point out innumeracy I think you should explain it with patience. Explain it understanding that some people who may be well informed and intelligent in other matters might not understand why, for example, decreasing by more than 100 percent is nonsense.
(100 percent is all of […]
(100 percent is all of […]
Mathematics is a language. But innumeracy is also a language and our president is fluent.
It's not just that he exaggerates, lies, and says things that make no sense when talking about numbers "often" no this is something deeper.
He is deeply committed to *never* speaking about any statistic […]
It's not just that he exaggerates, lies, and says things that make no sense when talking about numbers "often" no this is something deeper.
He is deeply committed to *never* speaking about any statistic […]
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sauropods.win
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Mathematics is a language. But innumeracy is also a language and our president is fluent.
It's not just that he exaggerates, lies, and says things that make no sense when talking about numbers "often" no this is something deeper.
He is deeply committed to *never* speaking about any statistic […]
It's not just that he exaggerates, lies, and says things that make no sense when talking about numbers "often" no this is something deeper.
He is deeply committed to *never* speaking about any statistic […]
there’s a general incuriosity about material facts that often comes with this innumeracy: said journalists have no idea how much of anything being discussed is present or possible
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
there’s a general incuriosity about material facts that often comes with this innumeracy: said journalists have no idea how much of anything being discussed is present or possible
#Innumeracy, again.
C) Now, even if you pretend Walmart's 2025 package is not smaller (and a couple items ~downgraded), 2025's does NOT cost 25% less than 2024's. Rather – and again, only if you pretend 2025's is the same as 2024's – 2025's is 20% less.*
* – $40 is 20% < $50 (even though $50 is 25% > $40) 😀👍
2/
* – $40 is 20% < $50 (even though $50 is 25% > $40) 😀👍
2/
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#Innumeracy, again.
Entrepreneurs sticker shock at their new Republican-priced ACA plan need to pull back, cut costs, scrip, save, and stop hiring that "one extra person" Reagan was so proud of proclaiming in his infantile innumeracy
www.nytimes.com/1982/12/24/u...
#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
www.nytimes.com/1982/12/24/u...
#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Entrepreneurs sticker shock at their new Republican-priced ACA plan need to pull back, cut costs, scrip, save, and stop hiring that "one extra person" Reagan was so proud of proclaiming in his infantile innumeracy
www.nytimes.com/1982/12/24/u...
#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
www.nytimes.com/1982/12/24/u...
#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
i really hate how much political commentary is just explaining what the words billion and trillion mean over and over and over again
like this is CRUCIAL, very very important stuff. innumeracy is a PROBLEM.
nobody should be so rich you need scientific fucking notation to explain how rich they are
like this is CRUCIAL, very very important stuff. innumeracy is a PROBLEM.
nobody should be so rich you need scientific fucking notation to explain how rich they are
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
i really hate how much political commentary is just explaining what the words billion and trillion mean over and over and over again
like this is CRUCIAL, very very important stuff. innumeracy is a PROBLEM.
nobody should be so rich you need scientific fucking notation to explain how rich they are
like this is CRUCIAL, very very important stuff. innumeracy is a PROBLEM.
nobody should be so rich you need scientific fucking notation to explain how rich they are
your analysis is the correct one. Amount of innumeracy in this thread is just staggering.
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
your analysis is the correct one. Amount of innumeracy in this thread is just staggering.
I was about to post about this and then I wondered, has Andy already covered this innumeracy? And yep, he has
I did some quick digging on the Waymo cat situation andymasley.substack.com/p/please-ple...
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I was about to post about this and then I wondered, has Andy already covered this innumeracy? And yep, he has