What We Already Knew About Reading and Intelligence(s)

[sahgwa]

Just an observation I made when I was part of a book club. I was the only one who used a hard copy. Everyone else used a Kindle. We found it most odd that they were missing some small sections of the book.

Whole blocks of text/information were censored/ missing in the Kindle versions? 
In which books and do you recall which parts?

[DontTreadOnMe]

Isn't it weird that Stephen King is the most removed books from American Schools??

Anyway, I love a good book, but now they don't want you even have something to read. Audible has now replaced the written word for a lot of Gen Z.

I saw that and was astounded.
How can The Stand be a banned book?!!?!?!!!????

[UltraBudgie]

How can The Stand be a banned book?!!?!?!!!????

Because the title is ableist.

[rickymouse]

Booksmart is not actually IQ.  It is the ability to memorize things.  IQ refers to the common sense, or the ability to properly evaluate things or to be able to think out of the box which they want us in.  Yes, Intelligence is a threat to the government, but remember if you are intelligent you know it is not worth challenging city hall because you won't usually win unless the people controling city hall lack common sense.

I try to stay out of politics and analyze things all the time...usually keeping my mouth shut unless I can make a statement that makes people decide that maybe they are looking at things all wrong.  But the far left and far right are stuck in their beliefs, so it is better to stay away from associating with those people.  I prefer living in the middle and I like change slow but sure and evaluated properly as to what side effects the change is causing.

But I now am living in a world that is nuts....and nuts is the new normal...and sane and sensible is crazy.

[Maxmars]

But I now am living in a world that is nuts....and nuts is the new normal...and sane and sensible is crazy.

You ever hear that old saying about how being seen as normal in a crazy world is (yada yada?)

The real stupidity begins when being sane becomes an offense... and yeah...
that's already been experienced by many, yes?

[argentus]

My Mother taught me to read when I was four.    By the time I hit first grade, I was ready for Dick and Jane and Spot in a strong way.   To read, is to learn, and to grow.   To suppress growth, is to die.  To support growth, is to prosper, and live.   I was really really happy six years ago when I discovered that the Kindle ap could be uploaded to my phone.   From that moment, I was free.   I could wait out ANY event.  I could sit at the hospital waiting in line for as long as it took, because I had my beloved Kindle onboard.  All the time at airports was filled, because I had my Kindle and 365 books.   

If you have children, teach them how to read at an early age.   It will make them better, and it will give them an edge.

[sahgwa]

My Mother taught me to read when I was four.    By the time I hit first grade, I was ready for Dick and Jane and Spot in a strong way.   To read, is to learn, and to grow.   To suppress growth, is to die.  To support growth, is to prosper, and live.   I was really really happy six years ago when I discovered that the Kindle ap could be uploaded to my phone.   From that moment, I was free.   I could wait out ANY event.  I could sit at the hospital waiting in line for as long as it took, because I had my beloved Kindle onboard.  All the time at airports was filled, because I had my Kindle and 365 books.   

If you have children, teach them how to read at an early age.   It will make them better, and it will give them an edge.

A real.book will always be best but better an e reader than no reader. I can see being distracted on your phone version or there's also the studies that show our eyes hate screen vs paper and we absorb less info but I'm totally down with having all those books in so small a space.  Whatever works!
i have an old Sony e reader with the funny like lcd type screen .

[Thoughtful3]

Whole blocks of text/information were censored/ missing in the Kindle versions? 
In which books and do you recall which parts?

That was back in 2019 so I really can't remember. It must have been significant because we were all wondering about it. I don't know if it changed the meaning in the books we were reading.

After that I stuck with the hard copies because I now have documented "trust" issues.

I noticed also that prior to the plandemic William Cooper's book "Behold A Pale Horse" the revised edition had chapter 17 missing. The Zionist Jews.

I'm making certain that I get the first edition. Sometimes I get a later one to see what may have been changed. You would be surprised.

[Thoughtful3]

My Mother taught me to read when I was four.    By the time I hit first grade, I was ready for Dick and Jane and Spot in a strong way.   To read, is to learn, and to grow.   To suppress growth, is to die.  To support growth, is to prosper, and live.   I was really really happy six years ago when I discovered that the Kindle ap could be uploaded to my phone.   From that moment, I was free.   I could wait out ANY event.  I could sit at the hospital waiting in line for as long as it took, because I had my beloved Kindle onboard.  All the time at airports was filled, because I had my Kindle and 365 books.   

If you have children, teach them how to read at an early age.   It will make them better, and it will give them an edge.

I ran into some interesting issues when I was teaching my children to read. A couple of them had very strong memories and could memorize the words on the page after one reading. It made it somewhat challenging to know whether they were reading or reciting.
So I had them read the books starting on the last line on the last page and then read back to the front.
That did the trick.

Of course I had one who was a challenge, but we got there.

[argentus]

A real.book will always be best but better an e reader than no reader. I can see being distracted on your phone version or there's also the studies that show our eyes hate screen vs paper and we absorb less info but I'm totally down with having all those books in so small a space.  Whatever works!
i have an old Sony e reader with the funny like lcd type screen .

Completely agree, however I rarely am reading a book that is portable within context of my life and activities.  When I am able, I read a real book.   I have physical books of most -- but not all -- of my favorites.  The thing for me is that I will re-read really excellent works; the other thing is that I often have more than one book going at once.   I almost always have some basic escapist enjoyment that I'm reading (Lee Child/Jim Grant,  Robert B. Parker, Elmore Leonard), and often something I'm researching and/or physics/philosophy (which aren't so far apart when you get into the quantum world).

ETA:  I wish I had $1000 for every time I've read 'Atlas Shrugged', because then I'd probably have about $13,000 more than I do now.