Nisan comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (5th thread, March 2013) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nisan 11 April 2013 09:47:00PM 1 point [-]

Welcome! I'm unable to read while listening to music with words in it. I wonder how universal that is.

Comment author: malcolmocean 11 April 2013 10:11:03PM 1 point [-]

I know of at least three possible minds for this. Pretty sure we all assumed we were typical until talking about it.

  • One friend of mine is like you, and finds music horribly distracting to reading.
  • Another friend becomes practically deaf while reading, so music is just irrelevant.
  • I, on the third hand, can sing along to songs I know, while reading. I can possibly even do this for simple songs I don't know. I would suspect this is not optimal reading from a comprehension or speed perspective, but it's a lot of fun.
Comment author: shminux 11 April 2013 10:05:02PM 1 point [-]

Pretty much the same here. I can only read when I tune out the lyrics. Well, not quite true, I can certainly read, but the content just doesn't register.

Comment author: CCC 14 April 2013 09:44:37AM 0 points [-]

Similarly. I find myself following along to the words in the song instead of the words on the page.

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