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I've found that the proponents of speed reading mostly only read non fiction books that help them with their career (directly or indirectly), so I guess it make
by sotojuan 8y ago
I've found that the proponents of speed reading mostly only read non fiction books that help them with their career (directly or indirectly), so I guess it makes sense to speed through them... but yeah, I can't even do that with the nonfiction books I read.
- announcerman 8y agoTrying to speed read mathematics at least seems like a pretty bad idea. Maybe it works better for shallow self help books?
- eismcc 8y agoHaving taken a speed reading course and read guides on it, I’ve akways felt like the main goal was to retrain your mind to process info non-verbally. Once comfortable with that skill, it could be applied to whatever you want. In the extreme case, judging from anecdotes of John Von Neumann, I can only assume he was able to process math reading this way. https://www.quora.com/What-interesting-facts-should-everyone-know-about-John-von-Neumann https://www.quora.com/What-interesting-facts-should-everyone...
- announcerman 8y agoAssuming he could speed read math, was a genius because he could speed read math or could he speed read math because he was a genius
- eismcc 8y agoJust an example of what the optimum experience would be if you could process non-verbally and utilize the info. Unclear to me what the relationship is between genius and non-verbal processing - can’t hurt to improve the skill and see how the info helps or doesn’t
- baxtr 8y agoI think that and also some people want to be able to speak about topics they don't know about. For example a friend of mine (a doctor) was not familiar with the concepts of "agile" so he went and had downloaded a book summary as audio and listen to it during his commute. Now he doesn't feel like a complete idiot when the topic comes up. I guess he pays the service exactly for this feeling