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1 month agoAm surprised to see Australia rates highly. 40% of students don’t know it takes about a year for Earth to orbit the Sun.
I would guess that half the population doesn’t understand compound interest.
I would also guess only 5% could describe the scientific method, 1% could describe the use of normal distributions.
I would guess that 20% of locally born Australians would not know how to use punctuation or grammar for clear expression.
Is this a worldwide trend? The rise of flerfers suggests it is.
Selfish people don’t care about those factors. The existing graph has a better chance of swaying them.