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Old 07-05-2018, 06:23 PM   #43
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Actually thank you for that. So it is scientifically proven that RSVP is NOT good if you want to actually comprehend what you are reading.
You would be vastly mistaken.

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The amount your are comprehending goes down the faster you read, even though you try to convince me that I comprehend more words per minute? No thank you, as you can easily calculate the amount you don't comprehend goes up even faster.
Yes. At 1000 words a minute, you may have some problems. At 500 WPM, comprehension is fine and in my experience, 650 is fine. I have no troubles with comprehension or retaining working memory.

Of course, I've actually tried it. My sole experience with it isn't from reading a wikipedia link while trying to find something wrong with it so I can argue about it.
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