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It is a well-established fact that the mechanical act of handwriting notes is good for memorization. Perhaps it is meditative, perhaps we're just physical being
by toxik 3y ago
It is a well-established fact that the mechanical act of handwriting notes is good for memorization. Perhaps it is meditative, perhaps we're just physical beings -- whatever it is, typewriting on a computer is not as good.
A famous man whose name I forget once said "Plans are useless, planning is indispensable," and I would like to paraphrase it as "notes are useless, note-taking is indispensable."
- brtkdotse 3y ago> "notes are useless, note-taking is indispensable." This is very, very true for me. I read, optimistically, 5% of my notes. As a corollary, I’m unable to take notes if the notepad is too fancy. I get analysis paralysis from something like a moleskine, like something this nice deserves nicely formatted notes. Only cheapo gas station notpads work for me.
- throw1234651234 3y agohaha college-ruled exam workbooks for me. Basic as can be.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoAre you good at planning tho? Given we are at software engineering forum where most of us likely use ticket tracking system which are basically fancy notes... I feel your statement is disingenuous.
- amadeuspagel 3y agoThis is not at all a well-established fact. There's one questionable study on this topic that used to go viral occassionally, and that's it.
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- ghaff 3y agoI'd add that, as someone who does articles about events and the like, it's much more efficient for me to be able to cut/paste/edit from typed material than to transcribe from my abbreviated and hard to read scrawls.
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- AndrewDucker 3y agoThis is entirely false for me. Writing takes up all of my concentration, and I literally do not hear what the person is saying next while I'm writing down what they just said.