Here's the issue that I have with the photoreading... This is a comment from another person's website who says that he's an advocate of it, and has been using it for over 4 years:
"With PhotoReading, you subconsciously take in the printed information out of a book, and then consciously ‘activate’ that information upon going back through the material in a number of short passes."
Um.. ok, so you skim the material, then go back and READ the material. How is this faster than skipping the skim step?
So, here are the steps that he lists:
1: Prepare (get in the right mental state)
2: Preview (dunno what he is talking about here)
3: PhotoRead (ie: glance at each page)
4: Activate (actually READ the material)
5: RapidRead (traditional speed reading)
Um... ok, so you "read" the material in three different ways, and this is faster exactly how?
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Yes, I know that Steve Pavlina is also a proponent of the book, and has written his own articles in praise of the method, etc. I just don't see it.