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Socrates would have us ban note taking completely, because writing is a distraction and limit our ability to use our memory.
by juliendorra 12y ago
Socrates would have us ban note taking completely, because writing is a distraction and limit our ability to use our memory.
- arjie 12y agoThis is so true for me though. I've discovered that I learn more when I'm not taking notes. Especially in Maths or CS where classrooms are great for building intuition or easing into a subject but textbooks are ubiquitous and easy to read. Copying down a proof doesn't help me at all but doing it along with a professor (each mental step is easy to hold on to) gives me so much better results. I imagine that I'm not the only such one.