Speed reading - myth or fiction?

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Re: Speed reading - myth or fiction?

@Southie

It has been said that those who are promoted to officialdom in this the GS Book Club forum have comfortably cleared the HUMP of 1000 words per min reading speed. The position of CM, it is rumored, has a hurdle of an order of magnitude (OoM) higher.

It was recently reported that the concept of speed reading, in actuality, is a myth. An article appearing in the week gone by WSJ states that speed reading is just a glorified form of skimming. Where the reader reads arbitrary words separated by volumes of text.

The speed readers performed poorly when reading fiction. While they did well with non-fiction. The caveat? Those who DIDN’T read nonfiction did equally well.

So dear readers, GS Book Club Moderators and Channel Managers, is speed reading a myth or fiction? And if the answer is in the affirmative, should we reconsider the appointments of the GS Book Club Officials?

Thank you!

Speed reading minimizes subvocalization mostly.