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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSee if you can spot the math error. (Man facepalming)
Actually, this is arithmetic, not math, but still....
I just dont know how to process this. Is it satire and Im missing it?
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See if you can spot the math error. Man facepalming
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hlthe2b
(102,525 posts)Boxerfan
(2,533 posts)They read that and said alrighty then. We are lost as far as critical thinking I guess.
samnsara
(17,660 posts)58Sunliner
(4,431 posts)And arithmetic is math.
LisaM
(27,850 posts)It's enough to give everyone one dollar each, not one million dollars each.
58Sunliner
(4,431 posts)LisaM
(27,850 posts)My boyfriend and I were watching and he immediately pointed it out. At least Brian Williams came back and corrected it right away and laughed at himself.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
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LisaM
(27,850 posts)He came back and corrected himself on air almost immediately.
Response to matt819 (Reply #8)
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yonder
(9,686 posts)Bev54
(10,090 posts)The dumbing down of supposedly very smart people has already happened. How could any of these people not noticed this, not just those in front of the cameras but those who set this up behind the scenes. This stupidity scares the hell out of me.
sdfernando
(4,948 posts)Someone needs to take a night course on basic arithmetic.
Disaffected
(4,574 posts)I thought the population of the US was greater than 500!
Talk about innumeracy on steroids....