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by not_a_shill 728 days ago
>well...they act weird, a bit more frenzied and not necessarily more productive on deep thinking tasks.

This matches up with some research on that exact subject.

"Our findings suggest that “smart drugs” increase motivation, but a reduction in quality of effort, crucial to solve complex problems, annuls this effect."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4165