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Note-taking isn’t the same as deep-knowing
The way we take notes does have a high degree of showing what we’ve learned and how we’re studying, but it doesn’t exactly account for the learning itself.
You can ask ChatGPT for summaries all day long or get full access to someone else’s note system (Andy’s Working Notes) yet it doesn’t mean you’ve learned anything that’s on the notes.
Information must be internalized and Understanding requires effortful engagement. It is the process of how we take notes that can help us to learn better or worse. Your note’s are a way of showing your work and thinking through what you’re learning, the learning happens in your head.