In short. No, it cannot.
Here's my biggest gripe with the Note. I used to have the Note 2 and I LOOOOVED it, one day it got stolen from me and I spent 3 years trying to buy a new note because of how much I loved the Stylus. Since I didn't have enough money, I bought Journals and Moleskines instead.
Fast-forward to 3 years later and I finally get to buy the Note 5... Oh my surprise when I found out after about a Month of use how inferior a stylus is versus real pen & paper after 3 years of writing on Real notebooks. I'll give you real life examples:
1. Let's say you're out and about actually needing to take a note of prices in a store while you're talking with the store clerk. The first thing you'll notice is that the Note eventually tuns its screen off after a while. If this happens, in order to take a note of the price you have to unlock the Note, open the file, select "edit note" and then zoom (because it's note (pun intended) confortable writing without the zoom) and then write. For this you interrupted the conversation and a simple thing got complicated.
You can tell me that you can leave the screen on with the Note, but trust me after an hour o hour & half of talking prices, you will be nervous about your battery (especially if you have a full day ahead of you).
2. You're at school. Teacher talks and talks and talks, the lecture is about 3 hours long. Do you really think your Note will handle the 3 hours with the screen on? Do you really think you'll feel confortable doing that?
A notebook or Journal, my favorites being a Moleskine or a Midori Traveler's Journal, can always be open, do not have battery and are a thrill to write or draw on.
I tell you this as an Ex fan of the Note Series. As evidence I include a photo of my note 5 sorrounded by my 2 journals i'm using right now. As you can see, I don't even have notes in my Note 5.