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Pick One: Which is your favorite way to read books? (lemmy.zip)

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I will die on this hill: listening is not reading. And I love listening to audio books when I have a long drive or something. ereader is what I use 99% of the time though.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Why not out of curiosity?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Reading:

n 1: the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic
           message; "his main reading was detective stories";
           "suggestions for further reading"

I don't think one is better than the other. Just listening is different than reading. It uses different parts of the brain.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I think there is a similar effect with speed-reading v slow-reading. Slow reading gives me time to mull over and digest what I'm reading, while speed can be good to skim for information.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Is reading aloud by someone else still not reading?

I would argue that you are still understanding a written message but the delivery medium is different.

(Wired vs wireless analogy but data is the same)

I can at least agree that audio dramas are different than reading.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

If someone reads it to you, they are reading. If you're listening to them read it, you're listening.

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