eyeQ (increase your reading 2 to 10 times)

[Dr. Doom]

1151 to start.. yeah Doom somehow thinks he doesn't need to do the exersizes to make him read quicker.

[sNyx]

however, you still speak in the third.
"Surely logic has no place here, eh Sherlock"

[inkster]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

i think the test is just using self-fulfilling prophecy

my thoughts exactly.

i should sell a product that allows you to save oxygen just by letting you know you're breathing.

[sNyx]

So it's not possible to improve your reading?

You mean the book included with the package written by people who stuided reading development is crap, made strickly to sell the hope of faster reading? I agree it is marketed under this thought, it's called 'eyeQ' for fuck sakes. It seems alot easier then it looks but this is the American way to advertise.

Still sometimes inkster you should put the bitter on backburn and open your thoughts to things that can acutally improve yourself. Maybe you will shake some of this Alpha-male attitude.

[Lunch Box]

312 to 462... is that right??? thats fucked man.. seems like a lot.

[stringbeans]

opening your eyes to new ideas and products does not mean turning off your brain.

when people take that reading demo they do so with the impression or belief that they'll be able to read faster afterwards. this impression will subconciously make the people read faster after all those eye exercises are done, even though the eye exercises didnt do anything. this is self-fulfilling prophecy. you'll know this is the case if it actually does turn out that you read the 2nd story faster than the first; however, your comprehension of the story has dramatically dropped. the first time i tried the test i actually read slower during the second story. the second time i tried the test i did perform a little bit faster, but my comprehension of the second story was close to zero.

also, if you look at the stories a bit more closely, you'll realize that the first story is always very descriptive in terms of describing a setting or a person. descriptive stories, if you thoroughly read them, will lag your mind a bit. the second story, however, is never very descriptive and your mind doesnt need to visualize the story as much.

[mugsy]

looks like somebody wore his smart pants today.





im just kidding john, you're always smart.

[stringbeans]

im stringbeans_in_smartjeans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[inkster]

Originally Posted by sNyx™

Still sometimes inkster you should put the bitter on backburn and open your thoughts to things that can acutally improve yourself. Maybe you will shake some of this Alpha-male attitude.

skepticism is a healthy attitude to have with products like this. as mr beans has elaborated upon, the test is designed to make it appear as if something miraculous has happened, giving the product more credibility and increasing the chances of a sale. however, in reality, nothing that amazing has happened. an arbitrary benchmark was achieved by getting the viewer to do something they do naturally without thought. then, they were told to think about how they were doing it, and they raised their benchmark just through concentrating on the task.

the new benchmark appears signifigant, as no one has any prior conceptions of what their reading speed is in a statistical format. so, an increase of even a small amount will lead one to think that there is a Mystical Underlying Process, when it's really just concentration. i believe the term for this is 'selection' bias.' in other words, drawing conclusions from a limited set of data, and discarding other possibilities.

now, there might be somethiing to the books after all, but one shouldn't draw any conclusions on a test that is designed to sell things.

as for being bitter? if being an aware consumer makes me bitter, then so be it.

to the rest, caveat emptor.