Writing in your own words forces understanding, that’s why it’s important to rephrase and ‘translate’ text into your own words. If you outsource this process by either copying highlights or quotes, or even worse, LLM’s you’re basically undercutting yourself of growth opportunities.
Immanuel Kant
Have the courage to use your own understanding.
If you do not think for yourself, not only will your ability to understand not develop like a muscle, you might as well never really understand the problem or text at hand. If you start out sourcing things that you used to do, the skill or ‘muscle’ will wither.
Reference
Ahrens, Sönke. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking. 2nd edition, Revised and Expanded edition, Sönke Ahrens, 2022.
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