[HN Gopher] Minimum Effective Dose
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       Minimum Effective Dose
        
       Author : surprisetalk
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2025-02-02 04:43 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | johnneville wrote:
       | "240 minutes a month which is enough to finish 1-2 books"
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       | this number stands out to me ! maybe i am slow reader but .5-1
       | seems more realistic
        
         | dgfitz wrote:
         | 8 minutes a day is very specific and I struggle with that,
         | maybe it's an average? Do they have the exact same schedule all
         | days of the week?
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         | How big are the books? Are they "junk food" books or dense? All
         | subject matter or strictly sci-fi or whatever?
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         | I'm a big reader. Reading for 8 minutes at a time would either
         | be a whole chapter or half a page depending on the book.
        
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