Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer MASTERS OF PHOTOREADING

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE MASTER PHOTO READING. DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT THE RECALL OF MATERIAL THAT YOU LEARNED WHEN USING PHOTO READING IN BETTER THAN BEFORE. LET US BE HONEST WITH REGULAR READING AND LOTS OF STURDY NO ONE RECALLS 90% TO 100% OF ALL THE MATERIAL READ. IF SO, HOW COME THERE IS ONLY A HANDFUL THAT GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE WITH A 4.0. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW DIFFERENT IS THE RECALLING OF NEW INFORMATION?? IS IT CLEARER??? IS IT MORE VAGUE??? PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU CAN READ STUFF THREE TIMES FASTER THAN A REGULAR READER AND FOR THIS REASON ACHIEVE MORE COMPREHENSION. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAN READ A CHAPTER 3 TIMES AND IF THE MATERIAL IS A LITTLE COMPLEX THEY WILL NOT GET 90 TO 100 IN AN EXAM.

THANKS,,,,,

To me the recall is better. When I photoread a novel, I PR it, then I rapid read (what you might call speedread) to activate it. But then using the super read + dip method to get out different themes of the book, I end up going through it around four times altogether, in less time then it would have taken me to read it just once using regular reading.

The problem with regular reading is that you have to read it, understand the grammar, get out the context, piece the plot, understand symbols and underlying themes, and also have predeliction or distaste for the book at the same time. With a conscious mind that only handles 7 bits of info at a time, this process goes slower. When you even speedread, you end up in a "flow" where you just take in the info, also when you activate information in PRing.

Some people may say that this makes pleasure reading too apathetic-like. You could argue that it just makes it different, but even if that argument doesn't work, the great part about PR-ing is that you don't have to stop regular reading. I'm NOT going to speedread or PR the Tao Te Ching or a Dan Millman book, but I sure will PR Mill's "On Liberty".

Sum:
1) For me, the information is much more vivid and much stronger.
2) You don't have to stop regular reading if you don't want to.

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com

I'd think it would work to PR anything though. I mean, as far as the system goes, a lot of the steps are going to help you get what you want out of any book. But you might substitude regular reading for superreading/dip and/or Rapid Read. =)

-jesse

Giancarlo,

I haven't mastered PRing yet and I'm working on it presently. The recall of the material that I PR is much clearer than if I regular read. When I regular read a book (any book, especially texts) I would get lost in the material (details) and realize that after a half hour of reading I had gone through 5 or 6 pages and I don't have a clue as to what I read. Usually if I was reading a text I would get so frustrated with all the details that I would eventually put the book back on the shelf without ever finishing it. Now I burn through books and get the information that I want in at least 1/3 the time that it used to take me.

No, I do not remember 100% of everything I read, and surprisingly enough, I don't want to remember 100% of the content because I don't need it. 100% recal involves the law of diminishing returns. You know,you have a task that takes you 90 minutes to complete. You spend 30 minutes gettingt 80% finished and the last 20% of that same task takes takes 60 minutes when the 80% was good enough for what you wanted.

100% recall of everything you read is caled photographic memory. If that is what you want DO NOT BUY THE COURSE! That is not what this course does for you and they don't promise that anywhere in their advertising or material. If you want to read at least 2/3 faster and get the comprehension (information) you want, then this course is for you.

As far as the 4.0 grades are concerned, most teachers are only interested in their students parroting back facts and figures. Most do not wish to foster or develop understanding in their students because it takes too much time and effort on their part. There is a world of difference between knowing facts/figures and understanding the principles as I'm sure you know. Schools generally test a persons ability to memorize, not reason or understand. I have a friend who is doing work that most PhD's can't do and he only has a high school degree (he's self taught, it's amazing what one can learn from books alone). I also went to school with a 4.0 student that I wouldn't want as my doctor if I were dying in front of him. It doesn't matter where one obtains an education. What matters is what service can that individual provide that people will pay for, allowing that individual to support himself and his family with the lifestyle they choose.

PRing will allow more choices in life than regular reading because PRing allows one to synthesize vast amounts of information at a very rapid pace while extracting the information you WANT and excluding the information that doesn't serve your purpose at that moment in time.

I hope this helped you better understand what the PRing system is about.

Sincerely,
Gregory

1 pass of slow reading VS doing all the PR steps = whole book done in 1 hr instead of 5 and MEMORY of MAIN POINTS and UNDERSTANDING of core concepts of book that are useful to me is around 100%. Important things get hit multiple times and unimportant things get skimmed multiple times too, so...