Talk:Forgetting curve
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Could we have some meaningful detail here? 'halve' over 'days or weeks'? It sounds like the explanatory use of the "Factor of 10" Not helpful.
I beg to disagree with "not helpful". Most people have no idea what is the true forgetting rate. 50% in days or weeks is roughly true and the best short expression of the rate I can come up with. I added more data to the entry but this verges on theorizing. The best argument against "not helpful" is that, following some not-so-honest mnemonists, people tend to belive that we can learn once and remember for ever. In other words, they belive in forgetting rate of 0. Some reputable scientists also embarked on an effort of proving that true, but the only "zero rate" possible comes from implicit repetition
Well. In distinction from 0 (zero) I suppose it's helpful. Otherwise you have to admit it's rather broad.
"Gedaechtnis" should be spelt "Gedachtnis" with an umlaut (two dots) above the 'a'. I don't know how to to this in Wiki - can anyone help out and make the change?
Dear author I am very interested to know how you define S in your equation! how would you, numerically define the information strenght? or is that open to discussion!
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This graph isn't a very good depiction of the forgetting curve, which is presented in the textbooks as much steeper in the early period and then leveling off fairly fast, not unlike an "L" lying on its side. Also, Ebbinghaus found that the most rapid drop could be measured in hours, not days or weeks, at least in the case of nonsense syllables. --Jcbutler (talk) 20:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
