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Originally Posted by HarryT
No, speedreading is a specific technique for extracting the pertinent facts from a passage of text and "blanking out" the extraneous stuff. Very useful for people like lawyers who need to quickly read a huge quantity of written material. Completely useless for reading fiction for leisure.
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So this makes me realize I'm totally clueless about the reason for speed reading. I thought you would still read every word and retain every detail but just be able to do it faster
