Eisenhower said “Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book” may well allude to the fact he was yet another US president who could speed read. JFK claimed he could read at around 2000 words per minute with a very high comprehension rate.Ĭarter, who also studied speed-reading during his time in the White House, took courses with his wife Rosalynn. Kennedy studied under American speed-reading expert Evelyn Wood who could read at an impressive 6000 words a minute. Teddy’s recall was said to be perfect and he could often quote from the books he read. Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, a self-taught speed-reader, is reported to have read a book before breakfast every single day while serving as president. They include Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. ![]() Various US Presidents were confirmed or rumored speed-readers. In fact, the average reading speed is only 300 words per minute, or about one page per minute.Īlthough some skeptics – along with one or two book critics who reviewed our series – have expressed doubt over whether the human brain can absorb such vast quantities of data all at once, speed-reading is not fiction. That’s many times faster than most readers can manage. This method enables the Pedemont orphans to read at the rate of about 20,000 words per minute. By incorporating peripheral vision and photographic memory, it’s possible to pick up or photograph entire pages at a time rather than one word at a time. It’s also based on the brain’s scientifically proven ability to pick up things subliminally and rapidly. The technique we wrote about was inspired by the most sophisticated speed-reading methods in the real world, as well as analysis of renowned speed-readers. Tens of thousands of books, on all manner of subjects, were sent to the Pedemont Orphanage to keep up with the children’s prolific reading habits.” Then they’d consciously recall every detail as if they’d read the material at normal, everyday reading speed. The orphans were taught how to use their eyes and open their peripheral vision to mentally photograph the page of a book, magazine or newspaper at the rate of a page per second. Many such programs simply offer complementary reading skills rather than allowing for a whole new way to absorb the written word.Īs we say in The Ninth Orphan, “It wasn’t so much speed-reading as mind photography – a technique where the practitioner taps into the brain’s innate photographic memory. However, our orphans’ technique is much more advanced than the majority of speed-reading programs currently available to the public. ![]() Speed-reading is therefore at the core of the radical education program we designed in our conspiracy thriller series. Probably the simplest way to gain this amount of knowledge is to learn to read very, very fast. Having vast amounts of knowledge, or being walking encyclopedias, is a common trait in geniuses, and even more so in polymaths. ![]() One of the most important skills our Pedemont orphans possess is the ability to speed read. Excerpt from GENIUS INTELLIGENCE: Secret Techniques and Technologies to Increase IQ:
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