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CMV: Listening to audio books is not as good as reading books

Okay, this may sound controversial, but I have my reasoning for saying this.

First of all, this doesn't include people that ~~cannot physically read~~ find it easier to listen. Obviously audio books are better for them, and that's fine.

You cannot simply sit down and listen to an audio book, you can only listen to them when you are doing something. This is because they are often read at a very slow pace, far slower than anyone actually reads, and it would be better to just read the book if you have time (rather than just sit there and listen to someone read it). This causes some issues to occur, starting from this dilating your attention span. You begin to do multiple things at once, which inevitably means that the effectiveness of one action becomes worse. You can't focus on one thing while simultaneously doing another, unless you want to have a worse result. Let's say I was both reading about a concept in physics, and listening about a concept in chemistry. I could either entirely ignore one and get a better understanding of the other, or get a worse understanding of both. This means that by listening to an audio book you aren't actually appreciating the book itself or any meaning it may have, you are simply understanding it on a surface level (that deepens depending on how little effort you put into another activity).

I would like for you to try to convince me otherwise, or tell me some uses for audio books that are beneficial. More beneficial than reading books that is.
gpt
If you have a commute, listening to an audio book can be a great option as it's one less thing to carry, you can listen and drive, or if you are on mass transit, you don't have all the disruption of bouncing around while trying to read the page (which lowers the chance of eye strain and motion sickness).