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by stooliepidgin 1710 days ago
I was shocked when I saw this figure. I assumed it was 8-15% at a lower limit. What this implies is that you can have a substantive intellectual conversation with only roughly 1 in 50 Americans.

Update: Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. - George Carlin