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by mataslauzadis 1310 days ago
This post was likely made as a counterpoint to the other
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I don't think there's a counterpoint at all - on the debate of handwritten notes vs typed notes the Socrates argument would definitely not be on the side of faster typed notes but rather on putting more effort into careful writing, it's just that he's saying that you should go way beyond taking mere handwritten notes and verbally repeat the same content until you can fully memorize it by heart.

The first article is saying that A < B and Socrates is saying that B < C - and both of them use similar argumentation (essentially, that taking shortcuts to do it faster is counterproductive to proper understanding), there's no contradiction and no counterpoint.

I've not studied greek philosophy for some time, but is strict memorization really what Socrates and Plato taught as a tool to learn? Or did they happen to mean being able to, for example, present a lecture without notes?
Makes sense, yeah. I still chuckled.