Can We Truly Read 25,000 Words Per Minute with Photo Reading?

[ujjwal3097]

I recently came across an article describing a technique know as photo reading .I was wondering if it is really possible to read 25000 words per minute .Is it real or just hoax .

 

[Borek]

In immortal words of Woody Allen: "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia."

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I recently came across an article describing a technique know as photo reading .I was wondering if it is really possible to read 25000 words per minute .Is it real or just hoax .

Yes I can. But don't ask me what I just read means after that.

 

[phinds]

There have been experiments done that fed gibberish to speed readers and they read it as though it meant something. There ARE people who either have a natural ability or have trained themselves to read much faster than average (WITH full retention) but 25,000 words per minute is just ludicrous.

 

[Mark44]

I recently came across an article describing a technique know as photo reading .I was wondering if it is really possible to read 25000 words per minute .Is it real or just hoax .

Assuming that the page is single-spaced, in Arial 12 point font, there are about 450 words on a page. That works out to about 56 pages.

Does it seem reasonable to be able to read 56 pages in one minute?
Like @Borek said about Woody Allen's quote on speed-reading "War and Peace" - "It's about Russia."

I'm surprised that Allen got that much out of the book.

 

[WWGD]

I don't know, this is clearly done at a subconscious level. I have heard of legal assistants at major law firms who can (allegedly) do that, or something close.