http://au.figu.org/reading_publications.html About Reading and Studying Billy’s Publications By Atlant Bieri after an interview with Billy "A correct study is a gigantic explosion, which no longer ends. It spreads out further endlessly, exactly like the universe." Billy, 10th of January, 2004 Revision by FLAU and Mariann Uehlinger 12th September, 2020 At a school or university, 'studying' means the successful assimilation of information content into one’s consciousness. One reads large amounts of text, tries to remember as much as possible, replicates a substantial part of it at the exam and afterwards forgets most of it again. If one compares the pile of school material covered with the pile of material recalled in one’s memory, one will find that the former exceeds the latter many times over. Unfortunately, learning at school is like leafing through a large encyclopaedia. Thousands of pages come and go, and in the end, one has not made much further progress with one's own education than a boat that rocks up and down on the waves of the sea, but is not being impelled forward. However, books are by no means valueless. The knowledge of terrestrial culture lies dormant in them. However, educational institutions and the media de-educate society and turn books into another short-lived experience of an unconsciously lived life. It is this trained, bad interaction that stands between the student and a deeper understanding of Billy's writings. Studying requires reading. 'Reading' is an extensive term. It does not necessarily depend on written language. An entomologist studies the behaviour of butterflies without ever catching sight of a letter. In the shape, colour and movement of the butterfly he/she reads its behaviour. Reading does not only mean to decipher words, rather more generally to interpret the world by means of basic signs – shape, colour, speed, etc. – and to translate them into ideas. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7nifgxF-Y4