OT: Speed reading

[Kagamin]

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.