User talk:Mat Wilson

Welcome, Mat Wilson! We've been talking in the SuperMemo discussion page and I thought I'd come to your talk page and say hello. I wanted to mention that in talk pages, people usually work from top to bottom. This is because of the special way that Wikipedia does formatting. In fact, you'll be surprised (like I was) that almost every talk page actually works top-down! Here's the reason why this works so well. Of course, Wikipedia is all about openness, so there is no actual rule - it's just a standard that many have found to be helpful on this site. To answer your question, I don't use SuperMemo myself, but I was reading about it because it looks pretty fantastic. You mentioned that you use it - does it work well for you?

PS - This is an example of a typical Wikipedia-style reply - a colon at the beginning of the comment adds an indentation

PPS - And two colons adds more indentation for a reply to the reply.

--Antelan 06:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Antelan,

Thanks for the advice. That'll be handy in the future.

I can tell though that we might be talking back in forth quite a bit. I'll tell you more about

SuperMemo (everything you need to know) but I would find it more convenient if we could

possibly maybe speak through e-mail?

Cool?

Then send me an e-mail at: I sent you an e-mail -- check your e-mail now.

NOTE: I will delete that address from this page in the next few hours -- I hate spam.

--User:Mat Wilson Mat Wilson 06:54, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could you guys bring you discussion back on here?

Could you tell me more about Supermemo? I am very interested and I see they have it for PDA type devices. Do you know if they have it for Blackberry? PS Brand new to Wikipedia so please excuse me if this is out of protocol —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ajax1000 (talk • contribs) 05:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Wired Article

Mat, do you think the recent Wired article will generate more interest in SuperMemo? Has SuperMemo been as effective for you as it is for Wozniak?

63.226.32.16 (talk) 06:11, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I haven't logged onto WikiPedia in quite a while. So it was not until today that I got your message. Someone already posted a link to the wired article (was it you?). I think it surely did generate more "interest" but the fact is I believe most people thought it was just that.. "interesting" and then discarded it.

SuperMemo takes dedication and ambitious pursuit. The way I see today's culture (in the U.S. -- I don't pay much attention to other parts of the world), less and less people are wanting to learn because it requires conscious effort. SuperMemo utilizes "active recall" -- it's *not* a passive process like watching tv. It uses mental "stamina" and "energy".

Schools encourage getting the "grade" or "degree" as opposed to true learning. Once people get the grade, they are free to discard %80 (not an exact figure -- just illustrating) of the material. (not to mention virtually all schools interrupting young peoples' natural circadian rhythms prevents them from learning at even a semi-proficient level. -- Even if the student thinks he has grasped lots of knowledge for the day considering his poor sleep, in the long term much less consolidation of that knowledge occurs.)

What we need is a cultural revolution that makes it the norm for healthy living (sleep, exercise, nutrition, etc..) and the pursuit of living ones life in accordance to Reality -- via Reason.

That's for the general population though. For the more intellectual elite (people that live to learn & happily learn to live)... Piotr theorizes it has much to do with their "Priority Bias" that prevents them from adopting the SuperMemo method. See: http://supermemo.com/help/priority.htm

SuperMemo is my number one tool for learning. I used to be very frustrated with having to read entire manuals and books all over again -- I no longer have to put up with that, as SuperMemo takes care of that for me.

Best Regards,

- Mat

- 1:00AM, 25 June 2008 (GMT)

Your email...

Wikipedia has a history function. Just by looking through it, I was able to find your email address. Don't post sensitive material like that on Wikipedia. Just a tip. Yadaman (talk) 00:35, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, will keep that in mind.

- Mat - 1:01AM, 25 June 2008 (GMT)

Hello!

Hi, I'm "LittleFish." I have been an avid user of Supermemo for more than three years and its use has changed my outlook on life; studying has become my hobby. I agree with your statement in regards to the poor learning environment encouraged by traditional methods of schooling in the US (I can't speak for other countries). The combination of test-as-an-end-goal oriented learning and the ease of finding flashy and time-wasting distractions makes me think that until there is a big cultural revolution, nothing will be done to combat the present situation of a complacent ignorance. Like a person that feeds on mostly sugary foods will suffer in due time, in the same way a society of people that (in general) become dumber as time goes on will suffer as well. Hopefully something positive will develop, or else we have little reason to be optimistic (Unless we hope "in the virtue of man," but I'm weary of such a statement). Anyways, I'm glad I found your page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.136.23.190 (talk) 01:57, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Hello!

Dear Nathan,

You e-mailed me in February of 2007. I remember you!

Indeed, the industrial cultures of the world are gradually decaying and especially more government controls are taking over. A lot of it is due to the general population's "complacent ignorance" (as you said) and worship of whims, unknowable emotions, and something outside of themselves and rational abilities.

I would not be weary of that statement, "the virtue of man".. Man only must be defined again, as a rational animal and not as a means of serving someone or something "greater than himself", but a resolute end in himself.

This requires a philosophical and cultural revolution. This is all possible; i.e. an entire society that extols Reason and learning. But I strongly believe a good portion of the world will continue to evade and "eat sugar". Only a small percentage will live integrated lives.

Evolution is, of course, still continuing and each man must face and decide his fate in existence, alone.

I suggest this: http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/man.html

Mat Wilson (talk) 03:04, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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