• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Reading comprehension and use of language is a vital skill to function as an adult in society, and to acquire that you need to read, a lot.

    I have yet to see evidence of this being the case.

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      5 days ago

      You haven’t been looking very hard I gather. There are numerous studies done on the benefits of reading, you could use your preferred search engine to read a few of them perhaps.

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        5 days ago

        My real point is is that most people just coast through life with no real intellectual stimulation. They will even deride people with hobbies more involved then watching sitcoms and critize students when they take classes not related to a career path