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How long does it take to read How to Create a Mind?

The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

Ray Kurzweil

How to Create a Mind by Ray Kurzweil takes about 6 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 10 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2012. 336 pages, about 92,400 words.

13 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 16 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 10 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 51 minutes

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain, outlining the controversial implications of increasing intelligence in order to address global problems while comparing emotional and moral intelligence and considering the origins of consciousness.

Subjects: Brain, Localization of functions, Artificial intelligence, Self-consciousness (Awareness), Brain, localization of functions, Awareness

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