Posted by Tal on July 29, 1999 at 22:05:01:
In Reply to: Re: how do you think? posted by Everett on July 29, 1999 at 20:55:39:
> Since you think primarily in words, do you find it hard to read quickly? The concept of speef reading, where you skip whole blocks of words, is totally alien to me. I think that maybe this is because I'm using the words to form mental images and skipping some would be like putting holes in the canvas.
Dunno Ev... never really given it much thought. I think I read quite fast relative to other people (my main source for comparison being people's slower reactions to subtitled movies). But I definitely have a need to assimilate every word in sequence... Many times I read a sentence and stop to go back and read it over again three times because when I initially read it something popped out of order and confused me. I don't think I could ever handle speed-reading. I have a cousin who reads incredibly fast... he's an S though (ESTJ 8) (and incredibly gifted to boot).. I think much of the difference in terms of assimilation of external data can be put down to S/N processing styles... N's immediately seek the meaning behind the words, for S's it's much easier to just flow more quickly and take things literally.