Speed Reading

[ThePinsir]

Lately I've been derping around websites that have various exercises designed to increase reading speed. The object of most of them seems to be to eliminate "subvocalization" - reading the words 'aloud' in your mind. You basically recognize large strands of text at once and fly through the pages. I'm getting pretty good at it.

I'm wondering if any of you have practiced/are good at this, and how it actually effects your ability to comprehend and remember information. For example, I've been reading "Origin of Species" for a while now. I'm taking my time with it because I want to be damn sure I understand what's being said and hopefully so I can remember a good bit of it. But it's also taking foreeeeeveeeeer. Sometimes I'll read a paragraph or whole page 2 or 3 times before I really get it. It was even worse when I read Krauss' "A Universe From Nothing"!

So, can you guys fly through technical books/popular science books at lightning speed and still get anything from it...or should I just suck it up and accept that if I want to actually appreciate the work I need to slow the fawk down?