I am from India - in India we are always told that our country does not and will not reach its potential because there is too much greed and deceit in the fabric of the society which impedes progress. We are also told the US is very similar to India but reason it's so far ahead of us is because the society is far more scrupulous than ours. I came to the US in 1997 as a graduate student and for most part I have experienced pretty much what I expected. However, when it comes to selling I sometimes find it hard to believe how people are able to not only get away with scams but also thrive upon them without any intervention by the justice department. And the reason this happens is because they manipulate the system by their masterful play with words that "shields" them incase some buyer attempts to take them to task. Frankly speaking I do not know whether Photoreading is a scam or is it something that genuinely gives people who use it properly a clear edge over those who don't. However, the claims it makes about individuals being able to read 25000 words per minute seem sinfully obnoxious - also claims like "it's more natural and easier to learn than speedreading" seems like an yet another selling ploy. There is no mention that there is a fair amount of skimming involved in this process because that will turn off consumers who expect to become supercomputers based on what the claims that are made about the product. Fuerthermore, from what I have read on this forum people have to indeed spend a fair amount of time on this program to be able to get a hang of it - this is a similar effort that it takes an individual to learn speedreading. I am a speedreader and read at the rate of 1700 words per minute with around 65% comprehension - the program I trained on cost me a mere $10.25. I trained twice a day on it - 30 minutes in morning and 30 minutes at night for about a month and I learnt the program pretty well. My wife who also completed the program is a much faster reader than me. We don't suffer from "chronically fatigued wrists" or "tiring of the eyes" as the photoreading infomercial claims. The "no pain no gain" philosophy is something that works and it is the reason the world is as advanced as it is today - the infomercial scorns on this approach and suggests that it has a short cut to the ultimate prize. If they are authentic, short cuts may get you to a place faster but I believe the person loses out on the real learning experience.
I would like to let everyone reading this that this is not an attack on the program but rather the infomercial which has been deceitfully created - it plays and preys upon the feeble of mind and will by promising them something that will rightaway enhance their lives
