I can't fuckin' handwrite for shit lol. Seriously people compare it to a spider walking across the page, or a drunk spider, but that's not even correct.
I handwrite in arcane script that nobody, not even myself, can read after the fact, so I have to handwrite in all caps. apparently this is an ADHD thing.
BUT, it does help me retain knowledge more if I take notes, even if it's literally verbatim stuff from a book.
@Nine The act alone of writing things down (say from a book) means that 2 areas of your brain have now worked together to remember it, so it sticks more (small things learnt from Uni).