There's different levels of reading and one's can read better than another depending on how active is he/she reading and how he/she involve in the acts of reading. Reading can't be 100% passive at all, so it is more about where do we put the cursor of "activity". Just like the [reading speed](Speed%20reading.md), we choose how active we want to read according to the goal we have. --- *From: [How To Read A Book, The Classic Guide To Intelligent Reading - Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren](How%20To%20Read%20A%20Book,%20The%20Classic%20Guide%20To%20Intelligent%20Reading%20-%20Mortimer%20J.%20Adler,%20Charles%20Van%20Doren.md)*