Why do we read so slow?

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Why cant we just look at a page and read it all through instantly.

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Seeing isn’t comprehending. If you look at a photograph, you can “take it in” in less than a second, but just like with reading, you actually have to spend time and pay attention if you want to understand small details in it.

Additionally, our brains are hard-wired to interpret things you see in a photograph. We can train ourselves to see meaning in words, but reading still isn’t something that evolution has had time to optimize for.

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