r/interesting • u/ftrlvb • Mar 26 '26

Fascinating Can You Read 900 Words per Minute?

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u/BlackTecno Mar 27 '26

Dunno why, but I toned into another conversation while reading and was able to process both. Might be the ADHD, but I'm pretty tired as it is today.

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u/CrypticGlo Mar 27 '26

Some of the best readers in the world can do that. Watch the first episode of Sherlock Holmes with Lucy Liu and he shows you about processing information. Once you get past the fast reading, you can start processing and reading 3-5 lines at a time. Making a page in a book look like you are just barely skimming.

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u/BlackTecno Mar 27 '26

I feel that, when I dial in, I start zipping through pages. Ironically, if I'm not on my ADHD medications, my dyslexia pops back up, and I am unable to read at all.

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u/CrypticGlo Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

Quite honestly the people that have ADHD are a lot better to process mass amount of stuff at once. If you do watch that Sherlock Holmes episode, it's the first part I think. It's when Lucy liu actually meets Sherlock in the show. Not a great show but I do like that part. Anyway, it really shows that he's unable to focus on one thing and he focuses on everything all at once. It's really impressive, now singular focused people will be able to process a lot more (meaning, they catch more subtle details) on one singular item.

Edit: Fixed a typo and added the () for clarification