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Re:Show HN: A Highly Opinionated, Fully Functional Obsidian ... by ramraj07 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @09:18PM (#34047512)
Most smart people I know are academics though. Professors. They’re actually notorious for NOT taking notes! Except maybe when they’re writing a book or something.
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Re:Show HN: A Highly Opinionated, Fully Functional Obsidian ... by legends2k on Sunday December 18, 2022 @09:52PM (#34047768)
Well, some of the smartest I've known to take notes e.g. Dijkstra and Knuth.
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Re:Show HN: A Highly Opinionated, Fully Functional Obsidian ... by steveklabnik on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:57AM (#34068624)
The Zettelkasten method was created initially by a professor to do his research work.

> Except maybe when they’re writing a book or something.

This may be part of the difference; Luhmann wrote like 70 books or something.

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