tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454161596094447448.post2824655219607624217..comments2024-02-20T12:26:24.682-05:00Comments on language goes on holiday: A study of reading habitsDuncan Richterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708344766825805406noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454161596094447448.post-51778064026178406452011-12-21T08:47:39.459-05:002011-12-21T08:47:39.459-05:00Yes, I've read that some of the fastest reader...Yes, I've read that some of the fastest readers also take in and remember the most. I'm envious.Duncan Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708344766825805406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454161596094447448.post-85784857935146547732011-12-21T06:19:25.059-05:002011-12-21T06:19:25.059-05:00I am a slow reader myself, but take comfort in Wit...I am a slow reader myself, but take comfort in Wittgenstein's words that in philosophy the winner is he who finishes last. It is hard to imagine that people who race through a text like a speed train could possibly see as much as someone who just walks through it. But apparently some can. Georg Henrik von Wright, I read (slowly, envously) somewhere, could devour about a hundred pages an hour, and yet his thinking and writing were of the highest quality! (His critical essays in swedish are, to my mind, among the finest ever written in any of the scandinavian languages.)vhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16887661953741578765noreply@blogger.com