Yes, exactly! Just like you are describing. But what person wouldn't want to learn about stuff that interests them more, ya know? It's like he's not satisfied until he completely thinks through whatever thought distracted him. Sometimes that takes 1 minute, and sometimes it takes hours.

The lady today said "imagine a big cloud in front of his brain. If that was lifted, he could learn even faster." smirk I'm not buying that though. I could be completely wrong, but I don't see how processing speed can be taught.