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I actually thought it was a corrupt file or something - it doesn't sound like anything I'd be able to pick out and understand. If someone can understand at tha

• azatris 12y ago
  That's a very interesting point! I would consider that a superpower. Would this also imply that humans are capabable of way more than one would normally think, given proper training?
  • Retra 12y ago
    It's just skimming. If you were reading a book, you would just scan across it to find what you want. You don't have to read everything on the page to know what it is talking about.
    • zersiax 12y ago
      I would not say that. When you are skimming, you actually skip parts of the text. Since an audible text is a constant stream of data, just skipping parts would make it incomprehensible
      • walterbell 12y ago
        In speed reading, you can read sentences backwards and the brain will reorder them in real time. You can learn to decouple image (symbol/word) acquisition from comprehension. Step one om this path is to stop subvocalization, saying words out loud in your head. It's the same difference between Sync (O_DIRECT) and Async disk writes.
        • erikano 12y ago
          >Step one om this path is to stop subvocalization, saying words out loud in your head. I've heard people say that before but I still don't understand how to do it.
          • walterbell 12y ago
            Does this help? http://www.irisreading.com/speed-reading/speed-reading-tips-5-ways-to-minimize-subvocalization/ http://www.irisreading.com/speed-reading/speed-reading-tips-...
            • erikano 12y ago
              It might. I'll try those things. Thank you.
      • Retra 12y ago
        You still see the text, even if you don't understand it. Your eyes are collecting a constant stream of data, too.