Are we biologically meant for reading?

Simple answer: apparently not, since we need to learn how to read in our own language and, if we feel like, in others (second time usually easier than the first one).

 

'Old-fashioned practice at connecting letters to sounds is replaced by immersion in a text-rich social environment, and the children don't learn to read' claims Steven Pinker in 'How the mind works', 1998

So we do need a stimulus and a training to start our journey. During the journey 'the biological and intellectual transformations brought about by reading provide a remarkable petri dish for examining how we think', according to Maryanne Wolf in 'Proust and the Squid', 2007.

Let's see .....