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Martin Belderson's avatar

Great analysis. I wish it wasn't true but it is.

Gary Goldberg's avatar

This brings back memories from the '50s and '60s. It didn't help that President Kennedy believed in it and then so did other famous people:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Wood_(teacher)#Speed_reading

Paul Kirschner's avatar

Nice piece - I'd like to translate it into Dutch with full attribution Brian if you're OK with that.

Gary Goldberg's avatar

What's most important, IMHO, is whether the speed-reader RETAINS most of what he/she read. From what I've read, they don't, which makes speed-reading pointless