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What you are implying would work great in a world that had prioritized education. We don’t live in that world in America for sure unfortunately.

> The statement is a popular anecdote from the 1980s, illustrating a widespread misunderstanding where many consumers thought that a 1/4 pound burger was larger than a 1/3 pound burger because the number "4" is larger than "3". This led to the failure of a new third-pound burger campaign by the fast-food chain A&W.

Depending on location doctors will frequently come into contact with people who are illiterate, as in unable to write down their own names on a piece of paper. They still need care and it cannot wait until society has been fixed.

Oh, then let’s just fix that then! Simple!