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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

A weird word in SuperMemo

I've recently seen a weird word in SuperMemo.
It said that satisfaction_ (about being convinced) meant the same as _certainty.

I have made a print screen. You can see it here:


I would like to ask if this is a mistake in SuperMemo or maybe it's correct. I've inquired about it in the Internet, unavailingly. I haven't found anything about this in any dictionary.
  

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I don't know anything about this product, and I can't tell from the screen what relationship is supposed to exist between "satisfaction (about being convinced)" and "certainty". I suppose there may sometimes be an element of satisfaction in being certain about something. However, if it's claiming that the two are synonymous, then that seems too much of a stretch.

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  • I don't know anything about this product, and I can't tell from the screen what relationship is supposed to exist between "satisfaction (about being convinced)" and "certainty".
  • I suppose there may sometimes be an element of satisfaction in being certain about something.
  • However, if it's claiming that the two are synonymous, then that seems too much of a stretch.
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I don't know anything about this product, and I can't tell from the screen what relationship is supposed to exist between "satisfaction (about being convinced)" and "certainty". I suppose there may sometimes be an element of satisfaction in being certain about something. However, if it's claiming that the two are synonymous, then that seems too much of a stretch.
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AnonymousI would like to ask if this is a mistake in SuperMemo or maybe it's correct.
It's misleading at best. There is no direct semantic connection between satisfaction and certainty.
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