Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Morgan Palaeo Associates wrote:

> Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> > Hmm. What *is* the literacy rate in the U.S., anyway? <looking around>
>
> Can voters reliably place single-digit numbers in order?
I wouldn't bet on it.  I've been known to screw up simple ordering.  OTOH
it's well-known among my friends that math majors can't do simple
arithmetic.  =^)

YHL