When we say women aren't funny, we don't mean that women and men find different things funny We mean only men respond to comedy (just like men respond to mathematical elegance or the fury of war) and women will admire men whom other men think are funny
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(btw I suspect that long term addiction to theorem proving might be comparable to long term amphetamine use in its effects on brain)
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in severity or the specific effects?
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Effects. Hard focus for many hours -> extreme dopamine/serotonin rush. Very few things give that great a high. Repeated sharp fluctuations must disfigure brain's reward systems eventually.
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huh interesting
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would also imply that amphetamine use builds interest in long focus without amphetamines tho, which is prolly false
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yeah, disciplined focus is a separate effect. I was rather thinking about reward systemic effects like anhedonia.
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Visit a random math department and look around. People look miserable.
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