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Are you guys joking? I find it hard to believe someone doesn't catch it instantly i.e. in less than a couple of milliseconds.


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To sum up the video: We're able to read the paragraph I posted because of the context of the words, the letters weren't so jumbled up, not all the words were jumbled up and the 4 letter words were easy to read.

Good points and it's important to be clear about that.


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