If some company packages up a product or service and then offers it for sale, we tend

to just naturally assume that it's real and it works, right?

But if we take a second look, we all know there are plenty of useless snake oil products

on the market.

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Today, we're going to point our skeptical eye at the perfect candidate for such an examination.

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We've all seen films of speed readers going through books nearly as fast as they can physically

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It's enough to make anyone envious.

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