I am reading through this book now. It promises increasing one's learning speed by 2 to up to 10 times what it is now. The book has a bunch of scientific studies quoted. I am curious if anyone else is familar with it.

From what I read so far, the book speaks of improving learning by fixing mental state by: listening to slow Baroque music, taking the right suppliments, using affirmations and subconscious learning, and a few other stuff (I am part way through) that looks a but like NLP.

Only knock I saw was from a person on Amazon who was very critical of a lot of things (gave a bunch of books and movies 1 star, and bashed the Lord of the Rings), who trashed the book and the material saying it just didn't work.

Anyhow, if anyone has any comments, I would appreciate it.

Actually, if you look at all 27 customer reviews on Amazon, there are quite a few knocks, for what it's worth.

I think it's a fascinating subject though. I'd like to find a way to learn foreign languages super fast. And computer programming languages too, for that matter.

I think there is something to the music thing too. My sister and her husband used to play these videos called 'Baby Mozart' to my nephew. It was just Mozart music set to images of interesting shapes and stuff. He loved it and would watch it over and over. I watched it a few times with him and it had a relaxing, hypnotic quality too it. Anyway, I don't know if it has anything to do with it or not, but that kid is smart as hell. :D

I am fascinated by that sort of stuff as well. I haven't read the book you mentioned, but I have read a book on the same subject.... I think it was called Accelerated Learning or something like that. It also said that listening to baroque was helpful to learning. It was a long time ago and I don't remember actually putting any of the ideas into practise, so I don't know if they are effective or not.

Baroque music (eg mozart) has a beat of 56 to 64 cycles per minute, not unlike the heartbeat - especially in a relaxed state. It is widely believed that when listening to calming music in tune with you bodily rythms, you open the filter to your unconscious thereby allowing your brain to accept information exposed to it on a different level. Speed reading is an instance that comes to mind.

although many of these facts can be quite interesting, and have been around for decades, like anything else, unless you practice the methods and measure the results, one will never really know. Having said that, without all of these esoteric ideas, you can learn to read faster by merely reading. Haven't you ever noticed that when you become immersed in a book that time appears to just fly by? When you are relaxed and interested/enjoying yourself, not being distracted by any exterior elements, i would suggest that you allow yourself to naturally open your mind up to greater absorbtion of information. It's not unlike watching a movie by yourself with which you are enthralled, so much so that you actually feel a part of it, we've all been there, but the experiences are inconsistent, and the experiences are best when you're without company, because company produces distraction.

I am about half way through the book now and consider it a "must read" so far. A lot of info in there worth considering.

- Richard

I personally found this book to be only average. There are a couple of other similar books that I have encountered that are i) shorter! and ii) have more information.

These are Unlimited Learning and Mind of a Mnemonist by Lauria.

Unlimited Learning is a book no longer and print whilst Mind of a Mnemonist is currently available.

Also, the work of Tony Buzan (specifically Use Your Head) is also another good alternative.

For me, Superlearning 2000 just didn't work and there are better option out there.

I am reading through this book now. It promises increasing one's learning speed by 2 to up to 10 times what it is now. The book has a bunch of scientific studies quoted. I am curious if anyone else is familar with it.

From what I read so far, the book speaks of improving learning by fixing mental state by: listening to slow Baroque music, taking the right suppliments, using affirmations and subconscious learning, and a few other stuff (I am part way through) that looks a but like NLP.

Only knock I saw was from a person on Amazon who was very critical of a lot of things (gave a bunch of books and movies 1 star, and bashed the Lord of the Rings), who trashed the book and the material saying it just didn't work.

Anyhow, if anyone has any comments, I would appreciate it.