2X speed

Wow... I was just watching one of the presidential speeches and I found myself thinking... "can I double-speed this?" At school here, all of the lectures are recorded and if you would like to watch one again (or just opt to watch it instead of attending class) you have the option of watching it at 2X speed. Also, the videos from pathoma.com (my new favorite site) and numerous Kaplan videos I've watched give you the option of watching them faster. It is just more productive this way, in my opinion. People talk too slow. You can save yourself so much time by doing this. You should try it some time... you get the same info in half the speed. It is soooooo much better.

So, sitting here, watching the president's speech, I would really like to watch it at double speed. I don't even know if I'm going to watch it. The facts-learned-to-time ratio is just way to low for my taste.

FYI, other items with low facts-learned-to-time ratios include the following:

1. Actual text books (this does NOT include review books, which are KEY in med school)
2. Magazines in general
3. looking up facts on the internet and not using wikipedia
4. passive studying/learning (as opposed to active learning/studying) <---more to come on this later