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| From | benj <nobody@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved |
| References | <Lq2dndOfYIno23LInZ2dnUU7-cWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <msnslm$qri$1@speranza.aioe.org> <grh4cc-51o.ln1@mail.specsol.com> |
| Message-ID | <mjNHx.8$iE5.0@fx29.iad> (permalink) |
| Organization | TeraNews.com |
| Date | 2015-09-08 23:02 -0400 |
On 09/08/2015 10:24 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
>> On 9/8/2015 3:35 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
>>> New research suggests that one of humanity?s most important inventions
>>> can be improved
>>>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/using-technology-to-break-the-speed-barrier-of-reading/
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If one thinks this doesn't apply to reading physics texts, one
>>> would be wrong.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> who speed reads physics textbooks ??
>>
>> -- only one who already knows the material.
>
> Therein lies the rub; only a very few people can speed read mathematics
> with understanding and any decent physic text is heavy with mathematics,
> except of those of the spamming ass hat which are heavy with cardboard
> pop ups.
Gosh, Good old SciAm! They are impressed that the visiting MIT professor
discovered that some fonts are easier to read than others and that
unlike a hand-drawn book by a scribe they are very easy to change with
today's computer technology! Wow! That is HERB level thinking! Oh ya!
Give SciAm the Nobel prize in science journalism!
Years ago I took speed reading courses with wild claims of reading 1000
words a minute etc. with total comprehension. Well, hardly. Sure,
getting rid of some bad habits helps. And if you are reading a bunch of
liberal fantasy bullshit you can blast right through it grabbing the
high points. But REAL reading isn't like that. REAL reading is reading
with thinking and assimilation. Obviously Wormley never does any real
reading. No wonder he loves the fantasies at phys.org.
The bottom line for me was this: Speed reading techniques can indeed
boost your reading speed. And eliminating time-wasting habits is good.
BUT what happens is that greater speed at comprehension levels takes
greater concentration. In short, the more effort and energy you put into
reading the faster you can go! But nobody really wants to do that all
the time. Sure maybe in an emergency (exam tomorrow and you haven't done
squat yet) the added effort pays off, but normally it's just something
you can do but really usually don't want to bother with.
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New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 15:35 -0500
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-08 21:09 +0000
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 16:20 -0500
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity's most important inventions can be improved Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 14:37 -0700
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity's most important inventions can be improved jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-08 21:52 +0000
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity's most important inventions can be improved Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-09-09 05:43 -0700
Re: Spamming ass hat repastes crap jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-08 21:46 +0000
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity's most important inventions can be improved "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 16:39 -0700
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-08 18:57 -0500
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-09 02:24 +0000
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 21:38 -0500
Re: die spammer, die jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-09 03:36 +0000
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 23:02 -0400
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-09 07:17 -0500
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 23:27 -0400
Re: New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-09-09 05:55 -0400
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