Pretty sure he's the guy that taught Ariely. I downloaded it; in the goddamn preface I found two bits that Lehrer stole from him. Liking it already and I'm about an hour in.
I know you listen to a lot of audiobooks; did you get this one in audio too? I've never really done the audiobook so I wonder, do you find that it's as easy to retain the information as when you read? I'd imagine that it would take me some time to adjust.
Li'l secret - I retain information so well it's embarrassing. As in, has caused me chagrin at parties. People confuse it with intelligence. It's not. Do I retain it as well as reading? Fair to say I do, but I had to think about it. I've read Rendezvous with Rama maybe three times; I've listened to it once. The experiences are comparable, except that reading I can do other shit at the same time (like set up 24TB worth of NAS). I'm 1/6th through this book and I started yesterday. In the time it took me to ride my bike to AAA to pick up Aquarium tickets and drive into Hollywood and back, I've covered 4 hours of it. if I'd purchased it to read, I would have had to pick at it in the 10 minutes before I go to bed.
I think I experience this kind of retention, though I don't think it's to the same degree. I think I have some idea of what you mean. This is what I'm doing. I've had it for a couple of weeks and I'm only on chapter 29. I downloaded Audible one time to get a copy of Samuel L. Jackson reading Go the F*k to Sleep. I think I'll give a bigger book a try next time around.Li'l secret - I retain information so well it's embarrassing. As in, has caused me chagrin at parties. People confuse it with intelligence. It's not.
if I'd purchased it to read, I would have had to pick at it in the 10 minutes before I go to bed.