common zettel categories
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In practice, atomic zettel often falls in one of the following category:
- A can xxx B, A is C to B, A have property B (relationship of A and B; Proposition involving A and B)
- A (definition of A)
- Implementing A in C (implementation of an idea A with environment C)
1. example
- proposition - “developmental skill acquisition with general purpose actuators”
- definition - “developmental learning”, “general purpose actuator manipulation”
- implementation - “implementation of general purpose actuator developmental learning with python and webot”
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zettel should be atomic
content of a zettel should only address atomic idea, because:
- atomic notes make reference easy, make discussion with zettel easy, as referring to one propositions is then intuitive
- atomicity - flexibility, making it convenient for rearranging organization and compilation, to reuse notes with zero effort
- atomicity make bad note better and hence ensure works would not be wasted
In practice, when made atomic, a zettel often falls in one of 3 common zettel categories
- use reference only if necessary
use only the plainest, most literal terms
“I couldn’t reduce it to the freshman level. That means we really don’t understand it.” - Richard Feynman