Yes, for all the reasons impendia listed. I would also add: cross referencing a printed out paper (or book!) is much faster and easier than on a computer. I th

Yes, for all the reasons impendia listed. I would also add: cross referencing a printed out paper (or book!) is much faster and easier than on a computer. I think this has something to do with the physicality of the medium. If I’m deep in a paper or a book, it begins to feel like an extension of my body. I can simultaneously track where many different things are in the document just by feel. Over time, you get experience with papers and books you’re well acquainted with. For some reason, this process just never seems to go as far with something on a computer screen. I think it has something to do with spatial memory in people being so powerful, and manipulating an object physically being more keyed to spatial memory than manipulating something abstractly on a computer.