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by th0rgall 1693 days ago
Interesting! Do you then move on to reading "normally" after applying this method to the first few pages? Seems tough to stick with for a whole reading session.

Reading physical books also may to be correlated to higher, active comprehension: "human beings need a knowledge of where they are in time and space that allows them to return to things and learn from re-examination" (article with related discussion https://readup.com/comments/the-guardian/skim-reading-is-the...)

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Yes.

This is a warm-up routine when I can't focus on my reading. After one or two pages, I feel focused and engaged.

One or two times I had to stick with it for longer. Or even in the middle of a reading session, in a very obtuse book.

This, obviously is for technical (or non fiction) books.