What is something you thought you knew your whole life and only just recently found out you were wrong the whole time? - eviltoast

Mine is that at my age (barely made it into Gen Z on the old end) I just found out today that a Bo Weevil is an insect (beetle) and not some kind of mole or similar rodent.

  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    You mean like imagining a voice speak out your thoughts? Thoughts are so much faster than speech, I feel like having to speak out all your thoughts would slow things down significantly.

    The best tip I learned about reading faster is to stop narrating the words in your head, which puts a hard limit on your reading speed.

    • sntx@lemm.ee
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      7 hours ago

      I like the reading tip! I think not many people are aware of it.

      My thoughts use meaning, instead a specific words.

      The whole interpreting my thoughts as natural language often takes longer than coming up with the tought itself.

      This results in:

      1. I often use the intersection of the languages I, and the people I speak with know.
      2. When it’s a topic I’m knowledgeable about, I often talk too fast and people find it hard to follow me.
      3. I draw many associations and comprehending the larger picture is easy. Yet I often miss the point in the smaller picture.