This. True lab notebooks are not just personal notes, they are a legal record. Not every page of every lab notebook will matter, but it absolutely happens and i

This. True lab notebooks are not just personal notes, they are a legal record. Not every page of every lab notebook will matter, but it absolutely happens and is one of the many real use cases for keeping a lab notebook. If you invent something or discover something of significance, you will want this. Paper notebooks have pages stitched together and ink that can be run through chemical analysis to see if all the text on the page was written in a single session by the same pen. Forensic examiners have about 100 years of experience assessing paper documents. Digital systems can provide legal grade archival support but a sweet front end editor with copy paste and markdown support does not imply anything about traceability of the contents.