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by novia 2726 days ago
Half the goal of note taking is not writing down anything that will implicate you in a future legal battle.
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This statement is very accurate.

The article has an example of the opposite, but equally important oddness of liability. If you don't mark down "XYZ thing is normal" then someone will come back to complain that you didn't find a problem with XYZ when examining them 27 years ago.