Comments on: Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog. Tim is an author of 5 #1 NYT/WSJ bestsellers, investor (FB, Uber, Twitter, 50+ more), and host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast (400M+ downloads) Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:49:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: testpilot1945 https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/#comment-202167 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:49:34 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-202167 In reply to Carole.

I read ” War and Peace” in 30 minutes. The book is about war and peace!

]]> By: michalushi https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-8/#comment-192462 Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:40:20 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-192462 It’s interesting, I feel like reading is super important, it captures your attention, and your imagination, it flexes your muscles, and it gives your something more than just looking or listening. It helps your remember better as well. But our generation likes to scheme, look, listen, and the quick wins. On top of that, our generation produces enormous amounts of content. And usually, as the quantity rises, the quality drops. So on the one hand you have to sift through stuff quickly, and on the other hand you have to box through the reality that you live in this generation, and it’s comfortable to be a schemer. It’s a fine line between understanding what you read, and plowing through content.

]]> By: Krishna Kumar https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-8/#comment-176429 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 03:10:12 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-176429 Tim a quick clarification, Is this kind of reading helps in Learning complex Engineering concepts/Management Case studies ? or limited to Fictional, Non-fictional type of flatter reading contents which doesn’t require comprehensions. Please clarify

]]> By: Aditya https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-8/#comment-169867 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:51:01 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-169867 Very Informative article. Thanks

]]> By: babaloo https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-8/#comment-164156 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:26:09 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-164156 140 wpm to 160 wpm lovely

]]> By: mike https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-8/#comment-162474 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 02:38:10 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-162474 this is incredible, i started at 320wpm and ended up at 816 wpm

]]> By: Luke https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-8/#comment-161491 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:30:12 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-161491 I went from 312 wpm to 576wpm!!!! Woohoo!

]]> By: Mr John L Harding https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-8/#comment-161198 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 22:57:45 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-161198 I decided to try spreading on the bus! I read “3d game programming with C++” a 600 page ponderous tome and “A new history of the Picts” almost a leaflet at 191 pages in 2 hours!

]]> By: thundervalency https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-8/#comment-161104 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:09:23 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-161104 it is still workin in 2021!!! i am %100 faster after 20 minutes 🙂 450wpm

]]> By: TheEricKnight https://tim.blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/comment-page-8/#comment-160556 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 18:24:45 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1165#comment-160556 Overall, an ok result. I was fairly disappointed in the outcome, I went from 286 wpm to 390 wpm, and my comprehension at the 390 wasn’t at 100%. I’m looking forward to spending some more time training, I found the video additionally helpful. The most confusing thing to me is the tracker/pacer at on line per second, and even more baffling of course is the tracker/pacer at one line per 1/2 second. For the exercise, I was unable to move the pen at that speed and maintain anything close to a straight line, let alone look at anything besides the pen. The words were pretty much just a blur. That part was extremely frustrating, I felt like I was just spending all that time failing, not at the reading, I didn’t even get that far, I felt like I was failing simply at moving a pen that fast.

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