Every study or article I could find in 10 minutes of googling and reading compares cursive to typing but not to block letters. I fully can believe that writing

Every study or article I could find in 10 minutes of googling and reading compares cursive to typing but not to block letters. I fully can believe that writing improves retention but I struggle to believe that cursive is somehow way better than block letters. I used to take notes in moleskine notebooks for work and it think was more beneficial than typing the same notes but at the end of the day digital notes are just so much more versatile. I can move text around, change formatting, go back and rephrase/modify/etc. The benefits far outweigh any benefit to remembering better what I wrote. That's why I wrote/typed it, so I don't have to memorize it. Maybe I'm the weird/wrong one but I try to use my brain as much as possible as an index for where I can find the full information I need. Of course I have plenty "memorized" or things I just "know" but knowing how/where to find the information you need is way more important to me than knowing the information off the top of your head.