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Originally Posted by meeera
Audiobooks aren't "cheating" because reading isn't a competition.
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Err...taxes and spouses aren't competitions either, but people still cheat on both of them.
Not sure if you seriously don't understand the use of the word here, or if you're playing a disingenuous semantic game, but the articles make the meaning pretty clear.
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As for "doing the work"? I find audiobooks much harder work, personally. Concentrating is more difficult, and listening takes far longer than reading.
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I guess you're posting only in response to my comment, not to the actual articles, because "the work" referred to is the specific work the brain does*, not about how hard you might find the activity in the course of your day.
ApK
*from which we supposedly get all the mind-enriching benefits that makes reading such a fine and noble way to spend time, rather than going outside, having adventures, playing sports, meeting people and dating
