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by antupis 189 days ago
If you have ADHD, for neurotypical people it might feel that you are performing better but results will not improve https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/smart-drugs-can-decrease...
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phainopepla2 189 days ago
It's a small study and the "knapsack task" probably does not generalize to writing a paper or coding or something. Far from dispositive.
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greygoo222 189 days ago
Utter bullshit engineered to convince students not to do drugs. Adderall doesn't make you magically better at solving the knapsack problem, it's not NZT-48 from Limitless. That's not why anyone takes it.
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astrange 189 days ago
> it's not NZT-48 from Limitless

Yeah, that's modafinil.

(Or for social situations, bromantane.)

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