Does it apply equally to E Ink writing tablets, or is there something special about writing on paper?
E-ink tablets, like a word processor, always starts with a blank page.
If I'm taking typed notes I can regurgitate almost exactly what was said at 100 wpm and feel like I'm taking "good" notes because I've included everything.
If I'm taking written notes I have to think about the material as I write it and distill it down to something I can write quickly enough.
Didn't have good tablet devices until after I was out of college, but from years of using them in other contexts I think they provide a similar effect to writing on paper, except the eraser works better and I can rearrange things after I've written them if I need more space in the middle of a page.
He also liked to put questions about minute details, sometimes even the footnotes.
End result: I still did not remember the stuff, but I got good at making summarizing notes quickly...