Why cant we just look at a page and read it all through instantly.
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Humans can instantly understand about 5-7 things. That’s our brain capacity at a time. We can memorize about 5-7 digit numbers, etc.
We can “chunk” things to make them 1 thing. So while we can remember 7 random letters, we can remember 7 words.
So if you look at a sign or poster you can read about 5-7 words instantly. But only if you can see all of them well.
Our eyesight is only really good in a very small area of focus. The rest of our vision is pretty blurry. We don’t notice it because we are paying attention to where we are focused.
So you cannot read an entire page at once, or even 7 words at once, because your eyes can only focus on one or two words at a time in a book.
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