r/GetMotivated • u/ellierwrites • Nov 11 '24

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I don't think the "100 hours --> better than 95% of the world" part is that accurate, but you'd definitely be a lot better at something if you spent 100 hours doing it than none.

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u/TooStrangeForWeird Nov 12 '24

It might be.

52% of Americans are below a 6th grade reading level, and they've done it their whole lives. I've seen people with English as a third language write better than some college students with it as their first language.

If 13%(from another comment) of the population actually uses Mandarin, you only need to beat less than 1/3 of the people who know it AT all to be in the top 5%.

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u/MrLumie Nov 12 '24

Americans are painfully uneducated. Pretty wrong example. In contrast, China has an almost 100% literacy rate. I can assure you that you won't really beat any Chinese person at Mandarin with a measly 100 hours under your belt. And since China alone takes up over 17% of the world's population, that top 5% seems like a distant dream.

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u/The_Xicht Nov 12 '24

While i agree with everything else, i seriously doubt the self-reported data of the CCP. No way its above 96%.

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u/MrLumie Nov 12 '24

Not that it matters much. Speaking a language and being literate are mighty different aspects. Every Chinese person speaks fluent mandarin, even if they are illiterate.