reading posts backwards

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I just noticed that I often read posts backwards, like reading the last paragraph first, then reading a previous paragraph, then another never in so much the same order. It's like I get what the person is saying better if I know what they are leading up to. I might be doing this in conversation as well. Like what leads up to the conclusion is easier to make sense of, if I already know the conclusion. I did this in math too. I didn't understand multiplication as much until I did division, but they teach multiplication first because they think it leads up to division. Now I wonder if this tendency is why I've always felt like I've learned things backwards. But when I look at things, I see details first before seeing the whole. I had problems with thinking too concretely as a child and couldn't generalize and get concepts. I wonder if this was a coping mechanism for that, a workaround of sorts. In college I finally realized I needed to generalize because I picked up correlations between subjects, patterns that showed that science topics follow the same general rules. There were simple things about math that I never really figured out until I learned chemistry.

This might belong in the Random forum.

Anyway, do you find this about yourself? Just curious. I have a slight fascination with the way people and children learn. Should have been a teacher.

I sometimes do it, and I think the reason might be that there is often a revealing conclusion, question or summary at the end which could determine whether it is worth reading the whole thing.

In school, I was encouraged to subscribe to Newsweek. I remember always reading each issue back to front. I don't know if that is in any way related to what the OP is talking about.

This is also the way I like to read non-fiction books and long articles.

I find that by rapidly reading (and studying) conclusions and finishing arguments (or points) in each chapter or section (working from back to front) I can better understand and move through the narrative when I read front to back. My comprehension goes up the scale and overall study time is reduced (IMHO).

try this I will have to /yoda