When asked what he uses to write, to doodle, to take note, the AI poster boy, Sam Altman actually prefers the pen, even recommending several pens to a podcast host that interviewed him recently. Even though computer keyboards and tablets may dominate our lives, scientists are actually telling us not to write off pens and note pads just yet because the pen is still mightier than the keyboard . For one thing, tablets and notebook computers create ample opportunities to be distracted. How many of you will switch to FB, IG when you are in a dull lecture? Moreover taking notes by hand will slow down the process of note taking, which is what makes it more useful in the long run. People who take longhand notes have to be very selective since they can’t write down everything they heard, so that extra time of processing information is beneficial to your cognitive learning. You can remember conceptual information better. Therefore, students who take notes by hand tend to be able to retain more knowledge and perform better on exams than those who simply type in what they hear onto the keyboard because those working on paper have to execute the preliminary stage第一階段的of summarizing and comprehension. In contrast, those working on keyboard tend to just type in everything they heard without digesting first. Some neuroscientists even go as far to suggest that giving up writing may affect how next generation learns to read.