01-14-2022, 10:59 PM | #16 |
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A conclusion you are welcome to, incorrect though it is. Reading is a visual activity, not an aural activity. One reads with eyes and listens with ears, and not vice-versa. Reading has been adapted to the sightless through their sense of touch. Nothing aural is reading.
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01-15-2022, 01:16 AM | #17 | |
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01-15-2022, 06:12 AM | #18 | |
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01-15-2022, 09:13 AM | #19 |
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I know I am reading less. Damn work has kept me super busy.
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01-15-2022, 02:02 PM | #21 |
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You enjoy that dogma you've got happening.
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01-15-2022, 03:43 PM | #22 | |
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Look at it in reverse - What if someone makes a speech which is recorded on audio and then transcribed for written publication. If I consume only the written version, would anyone say I had listened to the speech? |
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01-15-2022, 03:52 PM | #23 | |
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I consider reading to be digesting the material be is by hearing, seeing, or touching. |
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01-15-2022, 04:06 PM | #24 |
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I am probably reading less, because I am no longer reading during commutes to work, waiting for an appt, etc. But I still read before going to sleep, at least an hour most nights. So a couple books a month. More if the book is really good, as I am reading at 3 am.
I met someone last week who casually mentioned they never read. I am still pondering how I feel about that, although it is not for me to feel anything. |
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No, reading a transcript of a speech isn't listening to the speech. There is no overlap between aural and visual (visual being ocular and/or touch). |
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01-19-2022, 07:29 PM | #26 |
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I'm thankful for audiobooks - I'm relatively young (late 20s) and audiobooks were my gateway drug. Even when I had trouble paying attention to reading, I could get into a book on tape.
It wasn't until the pandemic that I actually tried to read books physically out of my severe boredom, and now it's blossomed into an obsession. But the amount of entertainment available to us is astounding nowadays, both amateur and professional alike. I'm not surprised by lower reading rates. Though with social media, I imagine people are still reading in large volumes, just of disjointed content rather than actual narratives. |
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I do listen to Old Time radio shows and have no trouble following them. But they tend to be half hour plays and I tend to listen to them at night, before bed. |
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It was also made into a pretty good movie starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster: Sorry, Wrong Number |
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Also, I don't know why you feel that "touch" as reading qualifies it to be reading more than hearing. Audiobooks are cheaper to buy than braille books, easier to store, and easier to find. This also ignores those who lose their sight later in life and are too infirm or otherwise incapable of learning how to read braille. Last edited by astrangerhere; 01-21-2022 at 10:28 AM. |
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