this is my belief in why photoreading is theoretically possible. it is a very simple answer. walk into any room, large or small. or out on the street, anywhere. immediately you see thousands of objects, colours, textures etc. you see them, you comprehend them, instantly!...isn't it possible that you could read the same way. and no, i do not believe you read every word, but your brain can scan quickly looking for something that is relevant to you, the information you need to gather from the book. i mean, even if you read a book slowly, how much do you retain. only the basic points, you could not begin to quote pages from the book without concentrating, but you have gotten the information. going back to my original example. you could not list every item you saw on the street or in the room, but you would have no trouble answering questions like, did you see a dog, were there people in the room. the information that is relevant to you has all been gathered in an instant, and almost as quickly discarded because you do not need to store it....but you would not have to look twice to remember if the room was on fire.
does this explanation make sense to experienced photoreaders? i am not even a photoreader, (have the course and have not had time to use it) though i naturally have used some of the techniques.