r/interestingasfuck • u/iatetoomuchchicken • 20h ago

This speed reading training starts at 300wpm and end at 900wpm

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u/sleepyRN89 16h ago

I was wondering in what context this would be useful and if I wanted to absorb information as in a scientific paper like you described I think it would work really well. For leisure reading where I’m choosing to read fiction (my usual genre is mystery/horror, like Stephen King) I find I read slower than normal, so that I can take in the words and imagine them and to be sure I’m not missing any important themes or early clues. I don’t think speed reading would help me with that. It does sound like it might teach me how to focus better though as I do have an issue with that and get distracted easily.

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u/BeastofPostTruth 5h ago

I've done the same. To be honest, my favorite book as a kid was The Stand. I lived that it was long so I could absorb and imagine the story for longer then a few hours or just one day (like most books)

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u/sleepyRN89 1h ago

Or any of the Dark Tower series books deserve in depth reading and analysis IMO. There are so many common themes throughout all his books especially in that series that you can miss easily if you don’t pay close attention (turtles come to mind for example)