Caffeine boosts problem-solving ability but not creativity, study indicates

Post by rmdashrfstar » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 8:50 PM UTC

LoveMortuus wrote: post #120

blaser-waffle wrote: post #118

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Presumably middle east or north/eastern africa. Then again I'm sure there are plenty of SV hipster types who might be big on it. "forget microdosing, khat is the new path to rockstar programming flow states"

Is anyone afraid that microdosing might become the next must, if you want to be competitive in the programming fields of industry?

Post by selimthegrim » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 9:05 PM UTC

jordan314 wrote: post #76

52-6F-62 wrote: post #65

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Some writer and artists would use the following: Hold a key in one of your hands and hang your hand down by your side while you let yourself fall asleep while sitting in a chair (honestly this first part sounds the most difficult). When you fall asleep—or rather the trance-like borderlands between awake and sleep— you should naturally drop the key (or whatever metallic, noise-making object) which should spring you ba…

Didn't Benjamin Franklin sleep at his desk with a stick propped under his elbow, so when the stick fell out he would invent stuff? I remember hearing that somewhere but now I can't find it

Post by pampa » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 9:16 PM UTC

rmdashrfstar wrote: post #122

LoveMortuus wrote: post #120

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Is anyone afraid that microdosing might become the next must, if you want to be competitive in the programming fields of industry?

No, I think it's a bit ridiculous to assume that everyone would be microdosing or that it provides such a massive competitive edge such that the drawbacks of microdosing are outweighed.

Post by Proziam » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 9:17 PM UTC

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I think there's a kind of 'loading' period where your body absorbs caffeine and normalizes into a caffeinated state. I don't know if the sleep cycle has much to do with it though. In my case, I sleep much better after I have caffeine. I've been sleeping poorly for several months now because of my decision to cut it out. I might be abnormal (people I live and work with certainly think so!), but I basically never feel…

No kidding huh, sleep better after grams of caffeine? Yea, i guess my experience wouldn't apply to you.

Post by chrisweekly » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 9:22 PM UTC

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dacohenii wrote: post #23

Thank you for linking to the paper. The study measures the effects of regular caffeine users: > Participants were invited to participate if they were between 18-35 years of age, consumed between 1-2 cups of caffeinated beverages per day at least 5 days a week, did not smoke, were native English speakers, and took no psychiatric medications or painkillers on a regular basis. > [...] > Participants were asked to abstai…

Yep, I almost never drink coffee more than 3 days in a row because it loses its affect. Luckily, intolerance comes back after only a day or two off.