[Memaid-users] Learning vs. Recalling

[Andreas G. <agr...@ya...>]

Now, this might be a slippy subject I am touching. Ok, <flame on> for
who dares - I will defend myself :-)

I recently stumbled upon "MemAid" at sourceforge.net/projects/memaid/
and must admit that I am fascinated by the underlying concept of an
adopted staggered re-learning taught by a neural-network.

However, I must admit that I consider memaid a poorer solution when it
comes to the initial learning process. Memaid, as I understand it,
relies on finding the best possible *INDIVIDUAL* repetition schedule for
not forgetting items. While in the process of initial learning, however,
memaid fails because of current inabilities to differentiate between
"learning" and "recalling". Personally, I feel there is a difference.

This is where "Pauker" at sourceforge.net/projects/pauker/ comes in. I
easily grasp the underlying idea and enjoy the system as it stands. It
offers repetions of items by transfering items from one level (or batch)
to the other. Only by getting the same item right several times, the
items gets "promoted" to higher levels/batches.

Now, my wildest dreams would come true if there were a bridge between
the two: Using Pauker 'till, say, Batch 3, when items have survived my
short- to mid-term memory deficiencies :-) These items I would like to
hand over to MemAid to keep them stable in my memory for eternity (or
until my harddisk dies - whichever comes first :-)

I'd like to get a discussion going on the differences between learning
and recalling, and where the projects have their individual strengthes
and weaknesses. I am aware it's a touchy subject, as project initiators
and their followers usually are quite sentitive towards their respective
"babies" - but let's keep it rollin' anyway. Remember: it's "Free, as in
freedom"

Best, Andreas