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antupisyesterday at 8:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

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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phainopepla2yesterday at 8:50 PM

It's a small study and the "knapsack task" probably does not generalize to writing a paper or coding or something. Far from dispositive.

greygoo222yesterday at 10:27 PM

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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