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History <> Math at all. I'm an electrical engineer (pretty good at math as that's all you do for 4 years in college), but can process a history lecture much much faster and easier. Outlines are great for History (I agree), but this isn't as easy for Math. A single equation can need more explanation than a novel.

Note that I'm not at all belittling the study of history...just trying to show the counter to the parent post isn't 100% relevant here IMO.



I was relating to the parent comment about writing v. typing, so I kinda lost the original point of the article.

Yeah, Math is a much different subject when it comes to notetaking and processing the information you learn. There are a few equations to memorize, but to really excel at the subject, you need to learn more why's than you do what's




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