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   • Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at 5:03 PM
   • | IN: Fun & Random, Livejournal
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   10% of what they read 20% of what they hear 30% of what they see 50% of what they hear & see 70% of what they say 90% of what they say as they do the thing they are talking about. [from a Socony Vacuum Oil Company survey, in Ekwall, Eldon E. and Oswald, Lowell D. (1971). Rx Reading Program –Teacher's Manual. Glenview, IL: Psychotechnics, Inc.]

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   1. twelvevolt said on October 21, 2004 12:10 AM:

      I don’t trust anything from the 70s. Damn hippies.

   2. jovenfuego said on October 21, 2004 12:12 AM:

      haha. Those numbers are still proven to this day. Except the 90% range has moved to like 92% … btw, how you doing?