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Is the Cornell note taking method actually superior to alternative forms of note taking?

I have read that the Cornell method helps stimulate the mind, as it involves more interaction with the written material. Is there any truth to this? 

Additionally, why are hand written notes superior to typed up notes?
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You are asking questions of subjective experience as if it were objective truth. 

The Cornell method requires a certain additional interaction, as you note. Additional interaction is correlated with better retention. That's generally "superior" to just writing things down once, but there are plenty of "alternative" forms that also encourage additional interaction, and good study habits involve additional interaction regardless of note-taking techniques. 

Good study requires interaction with the material - reading, interpreting, synthesising. The Cornell style builds that into the note-taking, but there are plenty of other ways to do it, so the Cornell style isn't innately "superior". There are plenty of ways to get that interaction without Cornell. Scribbling random notes down as the lecturer talks and never coming back to them is not one of those ways, however.