Sidis,

You seem like a relatively bright individual. What I do not understand is - why you are attacking members of the forum? There are many people who contribute to this forum who express themselves in a number of ways - some are highly organized and structured, some are not. In most cases, however, the contributions to the forum are productive and should not be discouraged - there is always the strong possibility that the contribution they have to make might be the key to overcoming the final stumbling block that someone else may have in trying to make the PhotoReading system work for them.

The kind of attack that you are making is the same nature of attack that I have seen in numerous journals of the "high IQ" clubs, such as Mensa, Intertel, the Triple Nine Society, and the ISPE. In these cases it has seemed that the individual making the attack was missing the argument being put forth and was instead focusing on details of grammar needlessly.

Finally, you might want to try to keep your ego a little more in check. I realize, as I wrote above, that you are probably a fairly bright individual - your choice of pseudonym indicates that you, at the very least, THINK you are pretty bright. You might want to give some thought to the fact that if you choose to engage in arguments on a regular basis and take "pot-shots" at people, you will come across somebody else with a little more cortical development than you and will be soundly trounced. Also, if you become too obnoxious you might find yourself bounced from the board.

Craig M. Parsons-Kerins
-The East Coast Omni-Heurist!


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Originally posted by Sidis:
I'll make this very simple:

If you read a lot, and possess even a spark of intelligence, you tend to pick up the basic structure of the language and apply it to your own writing.

Margaret (and others - I just arbitrarily chose her name), with the use of PhotoReading, claims to have read a great deal (I'm saying anything over 1 book per week is a great deal relative to the average person).

Margaret HAS NOT picked up on basic syntax and CANNOT organize her thoughts clearly (many others, but, again, I chose her name for no reason in particular). So, she must be either: a) stupid, or; b) not reading the books.

If you are not picking up on the basic damn structure of the language you're reading, you are NOT comprehending it, period. You can't read something, understand what's being said, and totally disregard how it was presented to you. There's a natural flow to language that is necessary FOR comprehension, but, of course, I don't need to tell you that since you already knew it and are just arguing with me because you feel some superficial sense of loyalty to long time forum members (which I can understand, though it's quite silly).

"Teenagers who think they know it all tend to speak in an adult proffessional manner, makes them feel accepted and like an adult. I'm 18, and I am beggining to figure out that you don't need to talk like that on forums. Just speak your mind and be yourself."

Good thing you put that one through the ol' spell checker, eh? Brilliant insight, by the way.. I'm impressed with your wisdom (note: that was a sarcastic statement)