Learning? or researching?

We were learning the other day on somebody's couch. It was a nun-beis sicha, which we try to learn every week. Another girl came by, asked us curiously, "What are you guys doing, research?" she paused, saw our faces, then added, "Learning?"

We nodded, a little bit confused. What would we be researching anyway? 

She walked out.

I thought about that. She was right. Takeh.

Were we learning? or were we just researching? Could you call it learning when it's just collecting knowledge? or were we actually taking it in?

Food for thought.

And maybe it's about time to start learning.