On Friday, 31 August 2012 at 01:05:00 UTC, bearophile wrote:
Walter Bright:
Speed reading works fine when reading a bestseller novel. It's
a complete failure at reading intellectually dense material.
But if the novel you have speed read was very good you have
missed most of the enjoyment. It's like eating a very good
traditional handmade ice cream: if you gulp it down in few
seconds you miss most of the point of eating it :)
Better to read one good novel slowly and appreciate and
understand it well, than quickly read three of them, and forget
them in few weeks.
Even when watching a movie I usually rewind and rewatch intense
scenes several times.
