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Foundation vs Dune (media.kbin.social)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm sure there are drugs that make math easy. We just need to find them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the Wikipedia page for Paul Erdős:

After his mother's death in 1971 he started taking antidepressants and amphetamines, despite the concern of his friends, one of whom (Ron Graham) bet him $500 that he could not stop taking them for a month. Erdős won the bet, but complained that it impacted his performance: "You've showed me I'm not an addict. But I didn't get any work done. I'd get up in the morning and stare at a blank piece of paper. I'd have no ideas, just like an ordinary person. You've set mathematics back a month."[66] After he won the bet, he promptly resumed his use of Ritalin and Benzedrine.[67]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

so you're saying I should add benzedrine

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Melange, I'm sure. Seeing how it enables you to fold space, I'm assuming it also helps with the math involved.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it also helps with the math of folding fitted sheets, I'm in!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

No form of science or magic can help that. It’s impossible.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

They don't make it easy. They make it better. Source: am mathematician.