Americans Struggle with Graphs

When communicating data to 'the public,' how simple does it need to be? How much complexity can people handle?

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6 in 10 struggle to “recognize and work with mathematical relationships, patterns, and proportions expressed in verbal or numerical form; and can interpret and perform basic analyses of data and statistics in texts, tables and graphs.”
The level 3 question , is what i would consider to be elementary school level. Only 37% of US Adults scored at Level ≥3
Are you not terrified?!
I always wondered how climate deniers could look at temperature and co2 level graphs then walk away with completely different reality than me... It turns out they are actually borderline mentally retarded and these people are a giant dangerous mob
- Low IQ people can't comprehend the science, but they are easy prey for demagogues who point out that the elites who tout climate change have no desire to limit their consumption or in any way live as if they believe climate change is real. Thus, they (the mob) come to believe they're simply being lied to and climate change is a "hoax". This is partly an elite problem because they're not willing to lead in the only way that might actually work, which is by example.