Here's an unpopular opinion
Listening to an audiobook is not reading. There's nothing wrong with it — it's a perfect legitimate experience. But it isn't reading.
61-69, M
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EBSVC · 36-40, T
I mean technically of course it isn’t because you aren’t using your eyes
But past that I don’t see any real difference
But past that I don’t see any real difference
SomeMichGuy · M
@EBSVC Really?
At the very least, reading a physical book gives you multiple sensory ways into a text:
• visually
• tactilely
• olfactorily
• auditorily
Listening to a book being read, esp. in a digital format, denies you a set of ways to help remember the text.
And how on earth would you have a text with equations, graphs, figures read to you...?
At the very least, reading a physical book gives you multiple sensory ways into a text:
• visually
• tactilely
• olfactorily
• auditorily
Listening to a book being read, esp. in a digital format, denies you a set of ways to help remember the text.
And how on earth would you have a text with equations, graphs, figures read to you...?
EBSVC · 36-40, T
@SomeMichGuy Well yea you can’t listen to graphs in an audiobook that doesn’t work obviously
And also sure there’s research that it’s harder to retain information when it’s spoken instead of read, it’s definitely true for me
But I thought we were talking about recreational reading, not studying
And all those other things…none of those apply to reading on a iPad. So do digital books not count as reading either?
And also sure there’s research that it’s harder to retain information when it’s spoken instead of read, it’s definitely true for me
But I thought we were talking about recreational reading, not studying
And all those other things…none of those apply to reading on a iPad. So do digital books not count as reading either?
SomeMichGuy · M
@EBSVC I prefer real books for the reasons which I've stated.
I have never had an ebook experience in any way comparable to a real book experience, and it gets worse with problem sets where one might have several texts and references with bookmarks in various places...
I have never had an ebook experience in any way comparable to a real book experience, and it gets worse with problem sets where one might have several texts and references with bookmarks in various places...
EBSVC · 36-40, T
@SomeMichGuy I dunno I like digital books
But I also collect old books
I just don’t think there’s much of a difference
But I also collect old books
I just don’t think there’s much of a difference
SomeMichGuy · M
@EBSVC If there isn't much of a difference for you, good for you!
I don't know what you have studied, but in the STEM areas in which I had years of problem sets, ebooks just would never cut it, for me.
I'm not trying to convert you--you already know that reading an actual book likely helps you to remember it better--just explain why Iike and live with so many real books.
I don't know what you have studied, but in the STEM areas in which I had years of problem sets, ebooks just would never cut it, for me.
I'm not trying to convert you--you already know that reading an actual book likely helps you to remember it better--just explain why Iike and live with so many real books.