Comment by crazygringo

Math is different, because most people aren't quick/accurate enough with LaTeX to take notes with a keyboard.

And taking notes in math is different from other subjects anyways, because you are literally just copying verbatim. You're not doing any of the summarization and selection that people talk about being so important to do, because handwriting is slower.

So I think that copying down math notes verbatim is not really what people are talking about at all when they talk about the benefits of taking notes by hand.