Thank you Alex.
I knew the truth was out there somewhere! It is good people question these things, though. With PR, as I learned in the Natural Brilliance Textbook and all the CDs my Anthony Robbins coach lets me borrow from Paul's seminars, is that it is one's attitude and confidence that really creates the accelerated learning stage. It is hard to find empirical research on that, and sometimes all we can do is trust our own instincts that a system is working well for us.
I will reiterate, I was an expert at SQ3R in my younger years and consistently made top grade in my Physics, Organic Chemistry, Calculus, and other pre-med courses, while a student at Northwestern University in the late 1960s. I also scored perfect on my Math SAT and near perfect on my Verbal SAT.
I went on and scored near perfect on the MCATs and made Honors Grades in Medical School. It was the hippy days and I was disenfranchised with the emphasis on surgery and drugs. I dropped out of med school and became the world's greatest anti-intellect! I went into social work and did well, as that was a human relations field and emphasized right brain functioning. I despised left brained precision and was probably burned out.
PR helped bring it all back, as my mind was dead to SQ3R as Dr. Greene now promotes it in his books. I always prefer PR, as it is faster, but now occassionally I do traditional reading word by word, -- the boring way.
