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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
I think that trying to read "artificially" (i.e. by every method other than training by doing) faster than ones minds data stream processing speed is leading to losses, like "I read a $_datachunk and forget it almost immediately" There's a lot more involved into the process than mere eyeball scan. This, mental processing - digesting and embedding the sorted stuff into your memory network has to match.
That's why I'm also mostly sceptical about speed reading techniques and such.
Apart from that +1 to Apache's argument: reading is joy, why should I haste to the point of being done with!?
I don't with other joys either.
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Probably you are right about the datachunks, but I put it down to old age on my part. I remember the books I read forty years ago with almost embarrassing clarity and I read faster then I think.
I took speed reading (SRA) in elementary school starting in grade 3 I believe. It was optional for those who were caught up on their schoolwork. I actually enjoyed those little colour coded folders
I too enjoy my reading, although I rarely enjoy rereading.
I guess if I thought I could read faster and enjoy it as much I would go for it. I doubt I would like it any better or even as well, but who knows.
Where books are concerned I am greedy. It is equally thrilling for me to read a book as yet unread by a favorite author as to discover a new author I really enjoy. And there are many authors I like very much at any time and many I like on occasion. At least 1,000 authors which probably equates to 10,000 books and the list keeps growing.
I know I can never read them all, and while it doesn't dampen my enthusiasm for what I can and do read, it still saddens me on occasion.
Helen