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Comment author: polymathwannabe 19 July 2014 01:22:20AM 2 points [-]

"Read a lot" is actually the first-order answer.

Comment author: wedrifid 19 July 2014 02:21:16AM 4 points [-]

"Read a lot" is actually the first-order answer.

Assume moderate literacy for an academically inclined individual. Hypothesis: "Read a lot" is less valuable than "Write a lot" which in turn less valuable than "Read and write a lot".

Comment author: David_Gerard 20 July 2014 02:16:37PM 2 points [-]

Zeroth-order, maybe.

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