I suspect that's the author's point: unless you're doing detailed "real" research work, you probably don't need or even really want the myriad tools optimized for the sorts of structured notetaking and mindmapping and whatnot that such "real" research work entails.
Said point resonates with me quite a bit. It's always inspiring to see people with elaborate Org-mode setups or what have you to maintain every last detail of their lives, and being the disorganized and forgetful hot mess of ADD and possible undiagnosed depression and/or anxiety that I am, it's tempting to think "wow, if I just adopt this complex system with these cool tools then I'll be able to actually get my shit together and not be a complete fuck-up" - and every time I give into that temptation, I learn the hard way that a complex organizational system only really works for those who are already prone to self-organization, and doesn't magically turn chaos into order - and then I'm sad again.
Said point resonates with me quite a bit. It's always inspiring to see people with elaborate Org-mode setups or what have you to maintain every last detail of their lives, and being the disorganized and forgetful hot mess of ADD and possible undiagnosed depression and/or anxiety that I am, it's tempting to think "wow, if I just adopt this complex system with these cool tools then I'll be able to actually get my shit together and not be a complete fuck-up" - and every time I give into that temptation, I learn the hard way that a complex organizational system only really works for those who are already prone to self-organization, and doesn't magically turn chaos into order - and then I'm sad again.