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Originally posted by ambiguousendeavors:
Alex, when you said that you photoread and postviewed in five minutes, how much info. did you retain?

I found I had enough to now be able to go back to the books and get more information from them and what information they contain.

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Another question that is gnawing at me is that if I don't activate a book to get the information into my conscious mind, then it is still in subconscious mind through PR. But then how do I use that information? This question might have any obvious answer, but I would appreciate any help in this question.

If you photoread a few books on the same topic you can experience what is called direct learning. Often someone asking questions will help you to draw up the information you've photoread but not yet activated. This is referred to as spontaneous activation.

An experience I once had. Someone asked me to help them with an assignment. Showed me the instructions and when I read it my mind ran screaming out the door. He said, 'how do I answer this.' I said, 'I don't know yet I'll get back to you after dinner.' (Thinking that by the time I get back from dinner I may have figured out what the assignment was). Nope I still didn't understand the assignment so I photoread a book on the subject that matched the assignment question. I didn't bother activating because personally I had no interest in the subject I figured I'll do it when he asks me for help on his assignment again.

About 4 hours later he finished the other assignment he was working on and asked me what I was doing I said, 'nothing, just browing the web, was ready to help you with that assignment.'

As it turns out he asked me a question and it was like opening a faucet. The information started flowing from me as if I knew it all along. You know I didn't open that book again until the following morning when I got to wondering how I knew so much about one aspect of the subject. Found one and a half pages devoted to what I told him about.

It took him 45 minutes to copy and paste and rewrite the imformation I gave him in chat. He got 70% for that assignment (losing marks for incorrect layout).

So it seems to be to be a case of 'if you need it, it's there' you just need to get out of your own way and allow yourself to recognise it.

Alex

[This message has been edited by AlexK (edited August 08, 2003).]