Andy argues that evergreen notes should be atomic and to title them as such: https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Evergreen_note_titles_are_like_APIs
However, I find that this results in awkward titles for technical fields. Often, a note may be centered around a concept, and go line this:
- Definition of X
- Some properties
- Relationship to other quantities
If one tries to follow the atomic notes/declarative titles property, one might end up with notes like:
- X is ABC
- X is an unbiased estimator of Y and Z is true.
- X times A is equal to zero.
- When used as an evaluation metric for model M, X is the square of one minus B.
I personally find these titles quite annoying. Possibly this is because of the lack of latex support in filenames so one has to write formulas out in English. I considered using UIDs, but this is inconvenient because Obsidian does not yet autocomplete on titles (only filenames) AFAIK.
I find a note like more natural:
Title: X
- Definition:
X is ABC. - Properties
- X is an unbiased estimator of Y and Z is true.
- X times A is equal to zero.
- Relation to model M
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Does anyone have any thoughts on if evergreen notes are a good fit for building a set of notes on scientific literature?