# Mereth Labs

> Mereth Labs is a research lab for computational learning systems: feedback loops, retrieval schedules, assessment incentives and skill-verification infrastructure.

Computational learning systems. A research lab in Bengaluru, India, est. 2026. We study learning bottlenecks as measurable systems: feedback loops, retrieval schedules, routing policies, assessment incentives and skill-verification signals.

## Problems
- [Bloom's 2 Sigma Problem](https://mereth.dev/problems/bloom-2-sigma/): One-to-one mastery tutoring is still the benchmark for adaptive instruction. Naming the fix was never the hard part — delivering diagnosis, feedback and progression cheaply enough for everyone is.
- [The Forgetting Curve](https://mereth.dev/problems/forgetting-curve/): Memory weakens with time and strengthens with successful retrieval. The technical problem is estimating when a learner needs the next review, not telling everyone to revise more.
- [The Proxy Trap](https://mereth.dev/problems/goodharts-law/): When a score becomes the target, it starts measuring strategy as much as learning. Assessment has to be designed as an incentive system, not only as a measurement instrument.
- [The Factory Model](https://mereth.dev/problems/factory-model/): Age-graded cohorts are a routing policy: administratively simple, but weakly tied to mastery. A better system routes learners by evidence of readiness, not only by calendar time.
- [The Latency Problem](https://mereth.dev/problems/feedback-latency/): Feedback that arrives after the learner has left the attempt often loses corrective force. The engineering target is to return useful signals while the attempt is still actionable.
- [The Signalling Problem](https://mereth.dev/problems/credential-competency/): Degrees bundle instruction, selection and signalling into one coarse credential. Many jobs need a sharper signal: evidence that a person can perform a specific skill under defined conditions.

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## About
- [About the lab](https://mereth.dev/about/): The thesis, technical model, scope limits and how to get in touch.
- Contact: hello@mereth.dev