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Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:07:05 2013 No.3442861 [Reply] [Original]

How can I read 5000 words a minute like Howard Bloom?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:08:06 2013 No.3442864 Practice your frowning.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:10:05 2013 No.3442872 Treat every page with scorn.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:10:05 2013 No.3442873 Howard Bloom looks a lot like Harold Bloom.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:14:06 2013 No.3442883
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>>3442864
Bloom actually wears an adult diaper due to a car crash that left him incontinent. That expression on his face is usually either him shitting himself, or smelling the consequence.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:15:06 2013 No.3442888 isn't OP J D Salinger?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:19:05 2013 No.3442899 >>3442861 look at one picture ever 12 seconds

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:19:05 2013 No.3442903 >>3442861 Spend your time reading for at least 9 hours a day for 80 years.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:20:05 2013 No.3442906 >>3442883 Can never unread that. Bloom ruined.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:22:06 2013 No.3442915 isn't this the 'tard who hated IJ? whatta loser, 2deep4him

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:22:06 2013 No.3442920 Does he really read that fast? Is that even possible? Am I being trolled?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:25:05 2013 No.3442931 >>3442920 I don't know how fast Bloom reads, but 5000 words a minute isn't impossible.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:27:05 2013 No.3442940 >>3442931 >reading over eighty words a second

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:35:05 2013 No.3442972 >>3442940 cuz Bloom has a third eye made purely of distaste

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:36:06 2013 No.3442978 >>3442940 The world record is 25,000 words a minute. You mad?

>>	sage Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:37:06 2013 No.3442980 Does speed matter when reading comprehension is at 10%, probably less? >in my furrareh >hell yea im goin' at top speed >looks out window >car on lift, not moving.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:38:05 2013 No.3442986 >>3442978 Not really. I wonder what job does that guy have.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:38:05 2013 No.3442987 >>3442978 I literally refuse to believe it's possible to read and comprehend over 400 words PER SECOND.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:39:05 2013 No.3442993 I feel like I would need intense concentration above any level I've experienced before to read above 1000 wpm without losing comprehension.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:41:05 2013 No.3443002 >>3442980 Speed reading comprehension is typically higher

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:43:05 2013 No.3443008 >>3442987 Do some research before you start literally refusing things. It's not safe.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:43:05 2013 No.3443010 >>3442993 The most creative part of reading is letting your brain wonder and taking your time. Bloom is neither a great thinker nor a great man. Read few good books and read them well.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:50:05 2013 No.3443041

http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marting/technology-research-centers/eaders/speed-reader/index.html

Who finna step up?

>You read 644 words per minute.
>That makes you 158% faster than the national average.

Not good enough considering most of the country is nigh-illiterate.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:53:05 2013 No.3443053 He said that in his youth he could do that. Dunno, he's also said that his powers of reading and memorization are a genetic trait descending from the ancient Jews. He would be a lot more interesting if he spoke a lot less often.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:56:05 2013 No.3443066 >>3443041 537

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:00:05 2013 No.3443083 >>3443041 1,300 i sort of skimmed and used my best judgement on the questions though

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:01:05 2013 No.3443093 >>3443041 815 which makes me a 'high scoring college student' which is correct

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:02:05 2013 No.3443097 >>3443083 The comprehension tests are exceptionally easy considering they picked shit that everyone is familiar with like Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:02:05 2013 No.3443096 File: 18 KB, 602x492, speed.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] u mad?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:03:05 2013 No.3443100 File: 234 KB, 853x480, 1358199094908.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3443041 >You read 336 words per minute. >That makes you 34% faster than the national average.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:03:05 2013 No.3443104 >>3443097 exactly

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:05:05 2013 No.3443117 File: 35 KB, 510x608, rekt.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3443096

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:06:05 2013 No.3443119 File: 64 KB, 745x865, Untitled.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] meh

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:09:04 2013 No.3443148 >>3443010 This just in: Young male criticizes well read authority figure!

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:09:18 2013 No.3443146 File: 63 KB, 743x875, Untitled.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3443096 >>3443117 Step it up Plebeians

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:10:34 2013 No.3443153 >>3443053 got any sources?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:12:20 2013 No.3443164 >>3443146 You can read Catch-22 in less than 10 minutes. That's magical. Imagine if you read Catch-22 every day.

>>	Not OP Wed Feb 6 20:16:22 2013 No.3443182 >>3443146 How to get 22,659 words. 1. Click Start 2. Click Finished instantly 3. Answer all three questions correctly

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:24:41 2013 No.3443221 File: 26 KB, 580x759, ez.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3443146 >step it up, pleb

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:26:12 2013 No.3443224 File: 29 KB, 583x756, Capture.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3443146 terrible

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:29:00 2013 No.3443233

>>3443148
as if being an authority in literature critique means something.
those guys are exactly the kind of guys who grow old in every aspect and criticize everithing uncoventional.
not familiar with bloom but i wouldn't be surprised if in his youth he was supporting some
avant guarde movement(for the time).
being an authority in science,that's something.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:30:00 2013 No.3443241 582. I went of reading for a couple of years, I think I've slowed down a lot. Also why are high scoring students ranked as faster than their professors?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:36:19 2013 No.3443271 >>3443233 0/10 next time gadget, next time.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:40:10 2013 No.3443289 >>3443241 It's probably professors across all disciplines. I don't think a tenured Maths professor would have that high of a reading speed simply because he hasn't had to exercise it. But a student is constantly reading.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 21:43:12 2013 No.3443527 >>3442861 http://www.spreeder.com/ Quick google search. The concept is interesting.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:13:11 2013 No.3443624 >>3442987 I believe it's some savant who reads two pages at once, one with each eye. He also has a memory to match and can recited entire manuals and boring-ass texts back to you perfectly.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:19:45 2013 No.3443641

i love harold bloom, and his doughy face makes me want to squeeze and knead it like play-doh, trying to mold it into different shapes

but for some reason this plays out in my head like, no matter how hard i try to reshape his face, that scowl always shows up

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:27:14 2013 No.3443668 >>3443041 >score 279 >barely above 8th grade students Funny thing is I get As in college with minimal effort. And my English professors loves me so much she is giving me her books on philosophy.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:34:20 2013 No.3443699 >>3443641 I have that same dream every night.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:39:37 2013 No.3443713 >>3443668 I'm in the same boat. I've noticed that even though it takes me longer to read a book, I seem to dig deeper than my peers in the analysis and understanding.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:43:08 2013 No.3443723 File: 50 KB, 510x578, sanic.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3443041

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