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I don't mean this as a criticism but I think a lot of the perceived benefits from handwriting are precisely from the overhead of needing to be organized about i

• chatmasta 3y ago
  > Just jotting it down by hand is not the source of the benefit That's not what most of the studies I've seen say. I can't remember the specifics (since I didn't write them down by hand) but IIRC the differentiating factor was whether you hand wrote your notes, not how you organized them. In other words the literal act of jotting it down is the source of the benefit. That said, these psychology studies are pretty useless most of the time.
  • namaria 3y ago
    Unless they actually controlled for that, I don't think the available really points the other way. I'd have to read some studies to opine. > That said, these psychology studies are pretty useless most of the time. There is a definite reproducibility issue but we don't need to bin the work of a whole academic category.
• barry-cotter 3y ago
  > Just jotting it down by hand is not the source of the benefit This is the exact opposite of everything I have ever read singing the praises of handwritten notes.
  • namaria 3y ago
    That's my point. That's why I think it's confusing. You could go to an elite gymnasium and think that training lots of hours is all you need, but everyday orders of magnitude more people put in a whole lot of hours and never get anywhere near elite level performance. In other words, I think there's a strong selection bias at play here. Meta analysis would shed light there but I am satisfied with my note management so I don't really wanna put any effort into that.