85% of young adult Americans don't know where Iraq is. A survey commissioned and published by National Geographic shows that a large majority of young Americans between the age of 18-24 are geographically illiterate. Less than 15% of the subjects could locate Iraq or Israel on a map. Only 17% could locate Afghanistan, even though the survey was carried out after the war. 11% could not locate the U.S. on a map. [kuro5hin.org]
What percentage of people believe
- the world is flat?
- in UFOs?
- everything they see on the Internet?
- in forwarded e-mail?
- on TV?
- in advertisements?
How do such percentages compare to earlier generations?
What percentage of the population is functionally literate?
Define functionally literate ... like is ability to fill out a job application good enough?
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