There are stats that Ns read more books than Ss do ... and that Ns do better on the verbals on standardized tests, which could be related to more book-reading.
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View Poll Results: Are you a Sensor or iNtuitive, and how fast do you read?
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I am Sensing and I read one page per minute
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I am Sensing and I read one page in two minutes
0 0% -
I am Sensing and I read one page in three minutes
0 0% -
I am iNtuitive and I read one page per minute
10 62.50% -
I am iNtuitive and I read one page in two minutes
3 18.75% -
I am iNtuitive and I read one page in three minutes
2 12.50%
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05-25-2007, 10:04 PM #21Who rises in the morning, looks in the mirror and says, "I think I will do something stupid today?" -- James HollisIf people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. -- Ludwig WittgensteinWhaling is illegal in Oklahoma.
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05-26-2007, 01:12 AM #22
I think I read 600-800 wpm (probably a lot faster if I'm just skimming for content). I timed how fast I read a novel page just then and it was about 20 seconds, so I didn't vote (1 page per minute seems slow for a novel, although probably about right for information dense text).
Yeah, this is how I read and absorb novels. And for me, it's never one word at a time, it's skimming several lines simultaneously at a time, kind of reading bits of the same paragraph over again. I reread every para several times, which is meant to = slow reading, but I read fast despite this. Sometimes I do it deliberately to slow myself down in a novel to make it last longer.
I'm not sure how much this is due to type. I'm INTP and so is my partner. He is a fairly slow reader. He's more methodical about it and doesn't usually read novels. I can skim and get an impression very quickly (even of quite technical information) whereas he doesn't really ever skim....so much smoke pouring out of each chromosome.
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05-26-2007, 01:21 AM #23
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I'm an INTJ and I can relate. I soak up data (stories, technical information, etc) without any effort whatsoever. What's weird is catching my mind in the process of optimizing the data it will write to permanent memory - some of the most surreal stuff I've ever seen where it's playing with ideas/thoughts/data in a completely introverted manner, then arranging said data into highly curious structures. I guess this is how I come up with such unique solutions to problems...
I think the intake and processing is less personality than it is intelligence and/or optimization for learning.
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05-26-2007, 03:18 AM #24
yeah yeah! exactly! I was going to say, it matters what kind of material one is reading : ) like straight equations vs. a fiction book are quite different.
Also, you point out that you had to approach reading a certain way for speed reading and I think that brings up some important ideas that more generally, for certain types of text there can be certain thinking styles and such that are better suited towards absorbing the information quicker and more accurately, so figuring out how to do that is mostly something that needs to be done through practice and many times a conscious effort. So in the end, reading quickly shows more correlation to time spent reading in general and practice, taking most weight off the idea that it is N vs S, though someone might argue that an N and S, even in this regard, will approach thinking styles differently. So whose to say? :o
lol I was about to say something like this :p cause if we use our N, then that doesn't guarntee what we fill that space with will be correct. Sometimes I'll read something quick to get a general idea, then when I go back to do problems or something I'll read more indepth and have all these oohh! ahhh! moments ^_^
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