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With me (I have ADHD), I would never be able to listen to an audiobook alone, I would zone out and day dream one paragraph in. But If I'm playing a game on my phone, I can listen and pay attention for hours.
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That's because you trained yourself that way.
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That seems like a pretty controversial take. Why would you not be able to learn things orally?
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You absolutely can learn orally, what I'd question is if you can do so without active listening. Listing to anything while doing, well anything, is pretty pointless to me, I tends to not listen and not absorb anything. I can barely listen to a podcast while working out, I miss huge gaps where my brain just isn't listening.
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It’s the focus that’s important. If you’re listening while doing other things, you’re not really focusing on it.
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You're not actually using your brain to do much, just as OP said, sort-of badly memorizing trivia.
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