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Re:The Art of Reading More Effectively and Efficiently by cratermoon on Friday February 26, 2021 @12:56PM (#26277677)
> not everything can be learnt from books

I'd argue that you can't actually learn anything from reading. Mortimer Adler argues in "How to Read a Book" that you can only actually learn by action, which means doing something with what you read.

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Re:The Art of Reading More Effectively and Efficiently by ARandomerDude on Friday February 26, 2021 @03:21PM (#26279432)
Can I learn from what you wrote, or do I need to do something to learn I can't learn anything from reading?
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Re:The Art of Reading More Effectively and Efficiently by cratermoon on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:20PM (#26280540)
touche.

The only way to test it is to not put it into action, then see if you learned it, but then ... that process of testing it is an action, so... ???

I applaud your meta-inquiry.

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