• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Seems like you’re adding “committed” into that stat. The people who will never read a book post high school aren’t doing so out of commitment but for a variety of reasons.

    It’s also silly to pretend book readers are inheriently better. I know a few magas that read books after high school. It’s all fantasy novels but they do technically read books.

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      The statistic is also total B.S.

      The original source, a research org called the Jenkins Group, say it was misattributed to them. Nobody knows of a legitimate study that claims that value.