although, honestly, you don’t need to be especially numerate to ask very obvious questions about hanania’s
method.
method.
September 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
although, honestly, you don’t need to be especially numerate to ask very obvious questions about hanania’s
method.
method.
how are you going to do economics if you aren't literate or numerate
September 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
how are you going to do economics if you aren't literate or numerate
good luck with that, it's not the most numerate profession lol
on my hands and knees pleading with journalists to remember that $1.776 billion rounds to $1.8 billion and not $1.7 billion
May 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
good luck with that, it's not the most numerate profession lol
Make America Numerate Again
RFK Jr: "President Trump has a different way of calculating percentages. If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction."
April 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Make America Numerate Again
MAKE AMERICA NUMERATE AGAIN
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 AM
MAKE AMERICA NUMERATE AGAIN
She’s good. And numerate!
Republicans are saying that these cuts will be reinvested into Medicaid for people who "deserve" it.
If that were true, the budget would stay the same. But that's not what's happening. Why?
Because down the hall, they are trying to finance tax breaks for billionaires.
If that were true, the budget would stay the same. But that's not what's happening. Why?
Because down the hall, they are trying to finance tax breaks for billionaires.
May 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
She’s good. And numerate!
1000% reductions in price, 15% GDP growth - what comes first?
The man with the nuclear codes is less numerate than a high school sophomore.
The man with the nuclear codes is less numerate than a high school sophomore.
The things you say when you know nothing about economies, economics and economic growth — but you’re freaked out about the midterm elections.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says Fed Pick Warsh Can Get Economy to Hit 15% Growth
President Donald Trump said his pick to lead the Federal Reserve can stoke the economy to grow at a rate of 15%, an exceedingly rosy target that nonetheless underscores the pressure that Kevin Warsh w...
www.bloomberg.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
1000% reductions in price, 15% GDP growth - what comes first?
The man with the nuclear codes is less numerate than a high school sophomore.
The man with the nuclear codes is less numerate than a high school sophomore.
Literate/numerate
August 26, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Literate/numerate
I am a real person? And a scientist? And numerate?
April 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I am a real person? And a scientist? And numerate?
Why are our tech overlords poorly educated AND innumerate? You'd expect them to at least be numerate.
August 26, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Why are our tech overlords poorly educated AND innumerate? You'd expect them to at least be numerate.
try being numerate, it’s even worse 😭
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
try being numerate, it’s even worse 😭
if we were numerate enough--if we understood how many women and girls are made sacrifice to the altar of promising young men with bright futures--we might not survive it. accounting for that loss will take the rest of my life, and yours. but we've got to; that's the only way of killing the thing.
September 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
if we were numerate enough--if we understood how many women and girls are made sacrifice to the altar of promising young men with bright futures--we might not survive it. accounting for that loss will take the rest of my life, and yours. but we've got to; that's the only way of killing the thing.
Americans are not a numerate people
February 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Americans are not a numerate people
We were accused of not watching the games, but 1) we do and 2) you really just have to be numerate
If only a nationally-oriented podcast had been banging the “Alabama can’t run and it’s going to get Ty Simpson killed” drum for the past month or so
👀 @splitzoneduo.com @alexkirshner.com
👀 @splitzoneduo.com @alexkirshner.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We were accused of not watching the games, but 1) we do and 2) you really just have to be numerate
Imo three things you can do in undergrad that will probably meaningfully improve your career chances (that aren’t highly contextual where the wind may shift and what’s happening to CS majors rn might happen):
-become statistically numerate
-learn another language
-learn to write well
-become statistically numerate
-learn another language
-learn to write well
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Imo three things you can do in undergrad that will probably meaningfully improve your career chances (that aren’t highly contextual where the wind may shift and what’s happening to CS majors rn might happen):
-become statistically numerate
-learn another language
-learn to write well
-become statistically numerate
-learn another language
-learn to write well
it is worth your time to be numerate and especially to be versed in demography and population math and the suchlike, because that's the basis of formulating or supporting policies that make the world a better place.
July 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
it is worth your time to be numerate and especially to be versed in demography and population math and the suchlike, because that's the basis of formulating or supporting policies that make the world a better place.
Plumbers are numerate! It's a critical part of the job.
April 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Plumbers are numerate! It's a critical part of the job.
Darren Jones is so good. All over his brief. Confident, charming and numerate. He’s an asset (like they all are) to this Labour government.
June 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Darren Jones is so good. All over his brief. Confident, charming and numerate. He’s an asset (like they all are) to this Labour government.
Here’s the thing: the kind of half-numerate cargo-cult empiricism that backstops popularism is EXACTLY what backstops race science, too. People who are greatly impressed by Shor’s math are probably also impressed by race-and-IQ stuff
the whole reactionary centrist movement in modern politics coalesced around protecting racists like coulter and murray from public criticism and loss of status. it's hard to imagine many of them still at it aren't just racists at heart
June 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Here’s the thing: the kind of half-numerate cargo-cult empiricism that backstops popularism is EXACTLY what backstops race science, too. People who are greatly impressed by Shor’s math are probably also impressed by race-and-IQ stuff
I'm sure more numerate civil servants can only be good, but stats is more helpful than geometry
June 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I'm sure more numerate civil servants can only be good, but stats is more helpful than geometry
nota bene, "being numerate" is not something I find morally objectionable
February 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
nota bene, "being numerate" is not something I find morally objectionable
Similarly, your ability to be more numerate than a dog is reliant on repurposing your finger-wiggling brain parts. You do math by counting on imaginary fingers, basically.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrapa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrapa...
Intraparietal sulcus - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 23, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Similarly, your ability to be more numerate than a dog is reliant on repurposing your finger-wiggling brain parts. You do math by counting on imaginary fingers, basically.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrapa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrapa...
“up to and including Babylon 5” told me everything about this person.
I keep wanting to write a paper with some fellow astrophysicists about how the way the EA people talk about the math in their future-casting (using astro in the razzle-dazzle) is so wrong that they are clearly not fully numerate
I keep wanting to write a paper with some fellow astrophysicists about how the way the EA people talk about the math in their future-casting (using astro in the razzle-dazzle) is so wrong that they are clearly not fully numerate
September 27, 2026 at 2:23 AM
“up to and including Babylon 5” told me everything about this person.
I keep wanting to write a paper with some fellow astrophysicists about how the way the EA people talk about the math in their future-casting (using astro in the razzle-dazzle) is so wrong that they are clearly not fully numerate
I keep wanting to write a paper with some fellow astrophysicists about how the way the EA people talk about the math in their future-casting (using astro in the razzle-dazzle) is so wrong that they are clearly not fully numerate
Well they certainly don't need you being literate and numerate do they?
February 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Well they certainly don't need you being literate and numerate do they?