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yes, human average reading speed is ~250 words per minute, but to be fair, it's not a widely known stat.



It's almost as if our brain is optimized for taking in more signals than just words on a page.


250 seems high? I want to believe, though.


That's 4 words per second.


Speaking is 150 wpm




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