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    DEREK THOMPSON AUG 14 2009, 9:58 AM ET

    File this under dubious and interesting claims: the PX Project has developed a

    technique to increase the average person's reading speed by 386 percent. That

    would bring the average reader from about 200 words a minute to 772 words

    per minute. The project claims some of its trainees can read up to 4000 words a

    minute -- or about 10 pages. How does that work, exactly?

    Ezra Klein directs us to a page that breaks down some of the training techniques.

    They look rather simple. One involves simply using a pen to trace sentences with

    increasing speed. Don't worry about comprehension, they say, just read the

    words above the pen tip -- one line-a-second, then two lines-a-second and so on.

    Another strategy involves humming while you read so that your larynx isn't

    latently trying to pronounce all the words you read, which allows you to read

    with your eyes.

    The underlying theory here seems to be that your eyes don't read in a straight

    line, but rather in jumps, like taking sips of water. If you can train your eye to

    swallow more words per saccadic movement, or gulp, even without initially

    knowing how to understand the words you're reading, it's easy enough to add the

    comprehension level afterward.

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    Does it work? I have no idea. If it were truly this easy to train people to

    quadruple their reading time without sacrificing understanding, you'd think this

    method would be adopted in every school room and law firm in the country. But

    despite my gut doubts about the authenticity of this technique, I guess I

    shouldn't really bash it before I try it.

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