[extropy-chat] Self-Enhncmnt: data acquisition at high speed

[Paul Grant]

I've got a TERRIBLE memory for facts;  on the plus side I can 
rederive most stuff I need fairly easily, particularly conceptual
ideas.  I'm floating around in too much information, without a good
way to keep it organized :)  Thats my next (software) project; I think
the biggest problem is going to be the storage space required.

omard-out


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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Acy James
Stapp
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:19 PM
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Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] Self-Enhncmnt: data acquisition at high
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I'm a fairly fast reader at ~1000+ wpm with fairly good comprehension on
fiction and subjects I'm already acquanted with, and ~500 wpm on hard
nonfiction. I've found that reading 
the same thing over and over until I'm quite bored with it 
produces massive gains in retention although it hardly affects 
comprehension. Typically this takes two or three times (make sure you
sleep in the interim). But, improving retention has 
very good benefits. I can build upon the information and use
it much more readily. Most of my problems stem from not remembering the
details of what I've read even though I 
understood it at the time, and rereading is a powerful 
technique for improving retention and recall.

I'm sure that I could double my reading efficiency with some aids but
simply rereading makes a tremendous difference. Taking notes would
probably make a big difference as well, but I'm not quite that
organized.

Acy Stapp