Why bother with reading?

Why bother with reading? By reading you do actually know the subject rather then bluffing your way through it. Reading is entertaining, educational, and can be an adventure. For something to have real meaning and purpose for us, we have to have some level of genuine understanding, all else is just kind of superficial. Most real readers are readers for one important reason, the joy of it. When you think back to the fact that there was a time when most people could not read or write, it was those in power who could. Yet even those who had power were limited when they themselves could not read. Just as a wealthy man can lose it all if he doesn't have enough basic math skills to check out his own accounts, even if he does have a good accountant. There are stories of embezzlement all the time. There were those who lost much because people couldn't understand what they were reading, or signing, this is why you bother with reading. For your own self protection. For your own enjoyment. For your own learning and development. I can understand about talking a good game, and even bluffing your way but that won't hold up for long, eventually you can get caught, especially by someone who may be more knowledgable than you. example two men are arguing, one feels morally superior, he is a bible thumper, he knows what god wants, and he is not afraid to tell us, during the course of the arguement he shouts, Jesus said to worship me. Matthew Well the second man who instead of claiming to know the bible does know the bible and responds. Matthew 4:10 Jesus said to him, Go away satan for it is written you are to worship the lord your god and serve only him. The second man was able to counter any arguement the religous bigot had because he had actually read the bible and could counter what was said and back it up. The religous zealot could only argue with dogma, and what he thought was in the bible but did not know for sure. The same can be said for any discussion or book debate. This is why bother reading.

But you will never know what you may have missed if you never read the book. I did the same thing in school now that I am older I realized that reading is a great thing. It can make you laugh, cry and take you places unknown.

if it's not a real or indepth discussion like just mentioning something in passing, or giving an idea of what the book is all about, bluffing would work. otherwise, it's not wise to pretend you know what you're talkin about and be embarrassed when caught later, hehe. this works the same about movies. one can just read short reviews of the film and he can go ahead and indulge in discussions of it. i love reading books, next to watching movies, that's why i appreciate people's suggestions of good ones. thanks for the link anyway, that would work for students who rarely have time to sit down and really read. i'm sure my son could use those tips :)

Thats a great way of bluffing people lol I will have to remember this link Thanks

I responded to many discussions just by mere knowledge of what I heard and read here and there, but I'm not a book reader. I usually just do a search with specific keyword and read whatever article there is. But if you are talking about a book discussion, no I'm not really into books.

I've done this before with school reports, or rather, 'used' to until I graduated. I'd say I was rather good at it seeing as how I always managed to make higher that a 'C' lol. I read small pieces in the book and just kind of filled in the rest. Reading the summary mainly gives you the best idea.

Why would you want to be so deceptive? What purpose could it serve and how much risk is it to your respect. I wouldn't want to falsely present myself.