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that time Scott told the rationalists how adderall would turn them into geniuses of finance and even named specific rationalists he thought should get into adderall (slatestarcodex.com)
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this btw is why we now see some of the TPOT rationalists microdosing street meth as a substitute. also that they're idiots, of course.

somehow this man still has a medical license

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Messing about with meds for yourself is the sort of thing that gets medical doctors struck off, even if the paperwork is in order, so I would not actually assume that at all. I do think he's dancing on a fine line with essays like this.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 1 points 2 years ago

It reads like adderall bravado to me. From the beginning where he’s confident that his patient’s colleagues are already on it.