Innumeracy is a politician's best friend, truly.
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Innumeracy is a politician's best friend, truly.
Innumeracy is a very Trump thing.
September 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Innumeracy is a very Trump thing.
I've said it before. Innumeracy will be the death of us all.
August 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I've said it before. Innumeracy will be the death of us all.
bluesky never beating the innumeracy allegations
June 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
bluesky never beating the innumeracy allegations
Apparently 1-in-3 Americans would have suffered fentanyl-related deaths in the last 100 days (from each taking one fifth of a pill) if not for the Attorney General's innumeracy.
April 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Apparently 1-in-3 Americans would have suffered fentanyl-related deaths in the last 100 days (from each taking one fifth of a pill) if not for the Attorney General's innumeracy.
If we care about democracy at all, innumeracy and illiteracy are crises with profound political consequences
September 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
If we care about democracy at all, innumeracy and illiteracy are crises with profound political consequences
Important reminder: people are wrong about everything. Innumeracy is real.
September 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Important reminder: people are wrong about everything. Innumeracy is real.
Innumeracy and illiteracy are genuine problems for democracy and the first might be worse.
February 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Innumeracy and illiteracy are genuine problems for democracy and the first might be worse.
But they allowed shows starting in 2000. Innumeracy right off the bat from your aggregators.
September 25, 2026 at 4:26 PM
But they allowed shows starting in 2000. Innumeracy right off the bat from your aggregators.
Innumeracy is one thing, delusionality is another; these people are such embarrassments
January 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Innumeracy is one thing, delusionality is another; these people are such embarrassments
Innumeracy reigns.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Innumeracy reigns.
Oceans of data on job, education and housing discrimination:
Try harder, losers, stop blaming everyone else
Anecdotal evidence and innumeracy:
There's no point in trying, the deck is stacked against us and it is a great injustice that must be rectified
Try harder, losers, stop blaming everyone else
Anecdotal evidence and innumeracy:
There's no point in trying, the deck is stacked against us and it is a great injustice that must be rectified
December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Oceans of data on job, education and housing discrimination:
Try harder, losers, stop blaming everyone else
Anecdotal evidence and innumeracy:
There's no point in trying, the deck is stacked against us and it is a great injustice that must be rectified
Try harder, losers, stop blaming everyone else
Anecdotal evidence and innumeracy:
There's no point in trying, the deck is stacked against us and it is a great injustice that must be rectified
{Just making explicit that this thread is about the innumeracy, not about the lawlessness, which of course is also considerable}
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
{Just making explicit that this thread is about the innumeracy, not about the lawlessness, which of course is also considerable}
If there's one thing I hate, it's hypocrisy and innumeracy
February 22, 2026 at 2:33 AM
If there's one thing I hate, it's hypocrisy and innumeracy
Nate Silver ™️ wouldn't exist if journalism didn't treat innumeracy like a badge of honor
September 23, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Nate Silver ™️ wouldn't exist if journalism didn't treat innumeracy like a badge of honor
innumeracy is a plague
November 24, 2023 at 7:11 PM
innumeracy is a plague
Innumeracy? At MY paper of record? It's more likely than you think
June 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Innumeracy? At MY paper of record? It's more likely than you think
hahahaha—ass-over-skis innumeracy, incompetency, and lying right here
Elon Musk says "10% of federal expenditures" are due to people having fake Social Security numbers, claiming it is "half a trillion dollars."
March 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
hahahaha—ass-over-skis innumeracy, incompetency, and lying right here
Laugh at Trump’s ridiculous innumeracy, sure. But the commander of the world’s most powerful military is responding to relevant questions about the laws of armed conflict by claiming that the existence of drug deaths in general permits him to kill anyone he feels like, which is very serious.
Reporter: The president of Venezuela called the strike on the boat illegal
Trump: What’s illegal is the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs
Trump: What’s illegal is the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs
September 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Laugh at Trump’s ridiculous innumeracy, sure. But the commander of the world’s most powerful military is responding to relevant questions about the laws of armed conflict by claiming that the existence of drug deaths in general permits him to kill anyone he feels like, which is very serious.
this maneuver works because our culture's innumeracy is even more dire than the literacy crisis
April 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
this maneuver works because our culture's innumeracy is even more dire than the literacy crisis
The replies to this post are a fascinating insight into the innumeracy of the American public
I’m so glad somebody directly estimated this. It’s even more extreme on a per capita basis. The average American retiree gets more than 10x more public spending than the average young person.
April 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The replies to this post are a fascinating insight into the innumeracy of the American public
“‘I’ve never met a person so!intellectually, and emotionally, … limited,’ said Charles Leerhsen, the co-author of Trump’s 1990 book ‘Surviving at the Top,’ who has been warning about Trump’s innumeracy and, more generally, his ignorance, since Trump began his first run for president in 2015. ...
NEW -- Well, at least this "fifteen hundred percent" nonsense maybe helps explain a couple of things.
Like how he overpaid so much for the Plaza Hotel. Or how he bankrupted casinos.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Like how he overpaid so much for the Plaza Hotel. Or how he bankrupted casinos.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
It Seems Like The President Who Brags About How Smart He Is Cannot Do Arithmetic
Trump repeated his mystifying claim that he is reducing drug prices by “1500%.”
www.huffpost.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“‘I’ve never met a person so!intellectually, and emotionally, … limited,’ said Charles Leerhsen, the co-author of Trump’s 1990 book ‘Surviving at the Top,’ who has been warning about Trump’s innumeracy and, more generally, his ignorance, since Trump began his first run for president in 2015. ...
yeah, abject innumeracy at any number with more than 6 digits is a societal problem
August 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
yeah, abject innumeracy at any number with more than 6 digits is a societal problem
something about how the essential innumeracy of racism has seeped its way into every fucked-up and broken american institution really got me worked up today www.theverge.com/policy/92159...
The logic of the racist Supreme Court isn’t adding up
SCOTUS hates math
www.theverge.com
April 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM
something about how the essential innumeracy of racism has seeped its way into every fucked-up and broken american institution really got me worked up today www.theverge.com/policy/92159...