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Old 04-26-2016, 10:59 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by latepaul View Post
So says this article

I must admit my reaction was "well, duh!" but it's nice to have some proper science to back that up.

I should also say that there's nothing wrong with "skimming" for certain purposes - background research, trying to quickly get a feel for a lot of material - but for me, most of whose reading is fiction for pleasure, I'd rather savour and understand what I'm reading.
Except we already had the science to back it up. This problem was identified decades ago.
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