It is not hard to find websites and gurus offering the promise of reading at extreme speeds while maintaining high comprehension. So, what doesn't everyone do this? Because there are physical limits to what humans can do. Speed reading is an empty promise without evidence.

Links for Today:

https://qz.com/597995/there-really-is-no-such-thing-as-speed-reading/

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/speed-reading-successfully-a-starting-point.html

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/speed-reading-promises-are-too-good-to-be-true-scientists-find.html

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