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I think that paragraph is really interesting, but I think that it shows how much we get from context, not just that we read "whole words". Since all the little words are spelled correctly, 40 of the words in the paragraph are right and 50 are misspelled. So there are a lot of correctly spelled words there to provide context.

See if you can read this: ptircue


Now try this: Silme! I wnat to tkae yuor xxxxxxx!




Context is not just what the sentence is about, it is also the structure of the sentence. So not only do we get the clue "smile" we are also expecting the missing word to be a noun, something that someone "takes". Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is that I'm not sure this paragraph actually demonstrates what it claims to be demonstrating.