Tag: reading

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In an era where reading is popularly promoted as a gateway to intelligence and success, it is necessary to interrogate the actual benefits of literacy beyond surface-level assumptions. While reading may improve verbal ability, it is not strongly associated with general intelligence (g), and its efficacy largely depends on how the knowledge acquired is utilized. (more…)

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This is the fourth and—I hope and believe—final installment of a series which sprang from what I originally intended as a single article. Previous pieces were “A Puzzling Situation”, “A Short Note on Satire”, and “Welcome to My Workshop.” The trouble started when the first piece met with more incomprehension than I had foreseen. (more…)

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If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company. — Lord Byron

There’s more to life than books, you know,
But not much more.
— Morrissey (more…)