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Originally Posted by tompe
And who read fiction just for comprehension?
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"Just" comprehension? No. But I want "at least" comprehension.
Without comprehension I may miss important information. If it's a mystery maybe I'll miss clues as to who the killer was. Maybe characters will appear to act in confusing ways - which I'll no doubt wrongly put down to poor writing - because I skimmed over something they did earlier that seemed insignificant but which created a sense of who they are.
And that's just comprehension of information. That's not counting what you miss in terms of atmosphere, setting, tension, character because you sped through or skimmed descriptive passages.
I'd no sooner speed-read a novel and think I'd gotten the most out of it, than I would read a synopsis and think I'd read the book.
And if you're thinking,
"but that's not how I read. I get all that information and tone and still read quickly", well you're probably just a naturally faster reader and not really speed-reading in the sense that this article (and the paper and studies it's based on) means.