My life is a lie lit

[Anonymous No.18798429]

The other day I was talking to my friend about speedreading and at one point he can read in his mind, not a single fucking word uttered from his mouth.
Is he lying? How does he do it?

If this is true, then how can I read in my mind too?

[Anonymous No.18798441]

>>18798429
NGMI

[Anonymous No.18798457]

>>18798441
I have a good work ethic, I am willing to put the effort in to learning this ability, just tell me how

[Anonymous No.18798485]

>>18798429
Speedreading is a joke shilled by Uni profs & tutors to encourage you to read more of the syllabus than you otherwise would. The only way to really increase your reading comprehension alongside the speed you read at is to read more and educate yourself on the subject material so as to be familiar with it & less bored by it. Generally simply reading more often cultivates faster reading anyways: it boils down to that. NOT subvocalizing is just akin to skimming anyways.

[Anonymous No.18798488]

>>18798429
>OP's friends with Julius Caesar
Be polite but distant, kids.

[Anonymous No.18798506]

>>18798485
Thank you for your elaborate response anon

[Anonymous No.18798523]

>>18798485
'speed readers' claim they have higher retention rate as well. I think it's bullshit personally.
Also I thought that 'subvocalizing' meant processing the words as if spoken, not actually reading out loud

[Anonymous No.18798528]

>>18798523
>Also I thought that 'subvocalizing' meant processing the words as if spoken
That's correct though anon.

[Anonymous No.18798549]

>>18798528
You mean that this is the correct definition or that it is the correct way to read? Because I've heard that reading things in your inner voice is poor practice.

[Anonymous No.18798565]

>>18798549
>I've heard that reading things in your inner voice is poor practice.
This is what speedreaders suggest. I'd agree with the other anon who said it's bullshit. If you're not subvocalising, which entails any use of the inner voice (it's SUB-vocalising, not vocalising), you're not really paying any attention to the language itself. Not reading Literature with the aid of your inner voice is like scrolling through a painter's oeuvre on your phone.

[Anonymous No.18798576]

>>18798565
Wait, so whenever you read you're reading it "aloud" in your head? That's bizarre. Like >>18798549 I'd always been told that was poor form (for any reading not for speed reading) and I find it distracting; I end up just focusing on the sounds of the words if I do that.

[Anonymous No.18798587]

>>18798576
I don't sit there consciously, but silently, sounding out every word after another like I were a child, no. It's just how humans process language. If you're speed-reading, you're practically skimming for key information and not actually engaging with the text, suppressing subvocalisation (but not entirely) which in turn effects comprehension. It's a measured phenomenon; your larynx is still moving when you read, but very very little if you're not a poor reader.

[Anonymous No.18798705]

>>18798429
are you fucking 8 years old?

[Anonymous No.18798719]

>>18798429
>tfw dyslexic
>tfw can speed read
>tfw it takes the fun out of it

If you want to cheer sheet a humanitarian assignment, just download .pdfs and use ctrl + f for keywords. With a close reading and a plot synopsis, you can gamble a first in a day.

[Anonymous No.18798978]

>>18798576
>I end up just focusing on the sounds of the words if I do that.
The sound of words is where a third of the art comes from, anon.

[Anonymous No.18799047]

>>18798565
There is no way you can gain from the text by speed reading or at least no where near as you would if you were to vocalize in your mind.
You get get the gist of what you read but you won't acknowledge the aesthetics.
It is like rapidly looking at images of art and being able to recall what the images look like but not being able to appreciate it in whole.

Speed reading is a fucking meme. I will do it when reading a shit book to get past some shit part that has little value but even then it is poor reading.

[Anonymous No.18799150]

>>18798429
You don't do that? It's roughly the same speed as I speak just in my head.

[Anonymous No.18799193]

>>18798429
Augustine, is that you?

[Anonymous No.18799775]

>>18799047
Then we're agreed.