"You know, if there was [sic] no such thing as the written word, I'd be telling stories on street corners."

---------Harold Robbins



Sunday, May 7, 2023

Illiterate Man Memorises the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica


Walter Simpson amazed even himself when he discovered that he could recite the entire encyclopaedia from A to Z. Not only that, but he could call up any article in the work and recite it word for word. "If I had known that learning is so easy, I would never have dropped out of school in  the third grade," Walter confessed. 

Experts had suspected that such rapid learning was underway, but they  confessed that Mr Simpson was the first verified example of the new technique. It has been labelled "Digital Osmosis." It seems that if the material is available in digital form, all that is necessary is for the student to view the heading of the material and click the "Like" button and the entire document enters the brain. It doesn't seem to matter what  the length or complexity of the material is.

Documents ranging up to tens of thousands  of pages, involving the most complex material, along with complex mathematical exposition seems to pose no hurdle to the new type of learning. However, it is absolutely necessary is to click the "Like" button. This activates the mechanism that transfers the text into  the recipient's brain.

When the electrons of digital material leap the spacial distance between the computer screen and the human brain; not only does the brain absorb the material, but anything peripheral is included– page numbers, footnotes, etc,

Mr Simpson offered assurance that he intended to continue his education to the Ph D level. He is taking his time to decide what area he should study. He seems to be undecided among several subjects, including law, medicine, and several areas of advanced physics and biology. He said that he has plenty of time to decide since it should not take a more than a month or so to complete his studies.

A few sceptics commented that no one using this method of learning could write even a simple three word declarative sentence.

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