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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, there's clearly a significant difference between reading for pleasure, and needing to absorb the maximum amount of information in a short time. In some professions, such as the law, or many fields of academic research, the ability to read quickly and take in the pertinent facts is essential.
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Agreed. I am a tax lawyer, and I couldn't begin to read all the cases and treatises I need to. I decide the question I need to research, and then skim to be able to find exactly that in what I am reading. There are all sorts of things that help with skimming-headnotes, which detail what is in the case, key notes, which identify where a particular question is discussed.
I do the same thing when reading for pleasure. There are certain things I have determined are not central to the plot of what I am reading (long descriptions of geography, descriptions of sex) and I skip over them.
