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					Originally Posted by sealbeater  And yes, listening is passive in nature.  I don't have to do a thing to listen to anything.  I can tune out for whatever period of time and my ears will still pick up sounds but when I read, I have to read.  | 
	
 Huh.  The experience of reading when I suddenly realize that I've been reading for paragraphs or even pages and taken in 
not a thing happens to me all the time.  I can zone out visually as well as audially.  Admittedly, it's easier to go back to where I lost the thread when reading, but otherwise I don't see the difference.