Clearly being ‘smart’ is a relative term to use but for the argument we’ll act like it’s not. Your reading speed combined with your comprehension skills is a great indicator of your intellectual ability. Reading takes a lot of sensory neurons to fire in order to achieve the end goal. How quickly and efficiently they fire will determine your reading speed.
Afterwards underneath the box that stated your words per minute click ‘comprehension test’ link. This will ask specific questions about what you just read to test your comprehension.
I scored 282 words per minute with 90% comp rate. Which is considered a little above average. Here’s the table
I got 478 wpm and 10/11 on the mini-test, but that’s largely because I recognized a couple of the questions from prior knowledge stuff. If i weren’t for that I might have gotten 8/11.
In any case, it’s largely accepted that reading speed and comprehension depends on your familiarity with the subject material. It really has nothing to do with intelligence. I know you wrote “for the sake of argument”, but w.e.
465 WPM. 11/11. At least one of the questions, I was able to figure out the answer without remembering what was written in the text.
I’d agree that this is highly dependent on what you are reading, how familiar you are with the subject, and what level of interest you have towards the subject.
Based on the last time I used it, it looks like my reading speed with that tool is 520wpm. I think it does a good job as far as forcing you to keep the eyes and mind focused, if you’re actually going to read every word.
Based on the last time I used it, it looks like my reading speed with that tool is 520wpm. I think it does a good job as far as forcing you to keep the eyes and mind focused, if you’re actually going to read every word.[/quote]
You don’t have stock in this company do you? I’ve always wanted to increase my reading speed … I feel like I read slower than a 5 year old
I find the idea of speed reading like running everywhere instead of walking…so i don’t think I’d ever keep it up.
I tend to read fiction like it’s being spoken to me…so going three times faster would be odd.
I find that I can read non-fiction faster. The more I’m interested; the faster I read and the more I retain.
PS: THIS IS MY 11,111TH POST!!!
PPS: Now I don’t want to make any new posts…just keep adding to this one so everything I say will be in this thread for all time.