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What is something you thought you knew your whole life and only just recently found out you were wrong the whole time? (lemmy.world)
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Mine is that at my age (barely made it into Gen Z on the old end) I just found out today that a Bo Weevil is an insect (beetle) and not some kind of mole or similar rodent.

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You mean like imagining a voice speak out your thoughts? Thoughts are so much faster than speech, I feel like having to speak out all your thoughts would slow things down significantly.

The best tip I learned about reading faster is to stop narrating the words in your head, which puts a hard limit on your reading speed.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I like the reading tip! I think not many people are aware of it.

    My thoughts use meaning, instead a specific words.

    The whole interpreting my thoughts as natural language often takes longer than coming up with the tought itself.

    This results in:

    1. I often use the intersection of the languages I, and the people I speak with know.
    2. When it's a topic I'm knowledgeable about, I often talk too fast and people find it hard to follow me.
    3. I draw many associations and comprehending the larger picture is easy. Yet I often miss the point in the smaller picture.
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