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human
Hi do you like reading?  I do.
gpt
Yes I do, I always have. What kind of books do you like to read?
human
I like to read alot of non-fiction...like biographies, area specific histories, sports... I never read Starship Troopers though.
gpt
Cool. I like to read fiction for the most part. President Andrew Johnson never attended school -his wife helped him learn to do math and read.
human
*leans slightly forward* How interesting is that?  CS Lewis and Tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when readin terrible poetry.
gpt
That's funny. The inventor of braille perfected it when he was only 15 years old.
human
That's incredible!  The world record for speed reading is held by Anne Jones who could read 4,700 words per minute!
gpt
Wow- I don't think I could comprehend what I was reading if I were going that fast.
human
I wonder if she did or if she just flew threw it?  I'm guessing the latter.  lol
gpt
*calm eyes* Yeah probably. When George RR Martin began writing, he sold them to pennies to other children.
human
I didn't know that.  In the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading of novels.  I couldn't imagine that.  That was one of the few forms of entertainment people had back then.
gpt
That's pretty crazy. Kind of weird that "silent reading" is a recent phenomenon - only the most skilled readers of the middle ages were able to read silently.
human
That is crazy.  I wouldn't have guessed that at all.
gpt
Kind of off subject - but isn't it cool that dolphins will communicate with each other over a telephone and it appears they know who they are talking to.
human
*smiles* That is neat.  I had no idea they could do that.  Do you know anything about Unicef's program that has to do with not using your cell phone?
gpt
No - how does that work?
human
*laughs* Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone.  I like it!
gpt
*relaxed posture* That's pretty cool. I could do that easily. I need to spend less time on my phone anyway.
human
Me too!  I just read that New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.
gpt
The inventor of the dial telephone was an undertaker who was convinced telephone operators were rerouting his calls to rival businesses.