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Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Needs caffeine, amphetamine & and methylphenidate to get shit done but is not addicted? I guess Mr. Erdős may have had ADHD

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  • RacoonVegetable@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ADHD moment

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  • ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Amazing article, just for this phrase:

    the inventory of drugs [Hunter S.] Thompson consumed for what could broadly be defined as recreational purposes

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, no. It was professional, of course.

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    • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I read that as “the inventor of drugs [Hunter S.] Thompson” and didn’t even think it was wrong.

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  • Malgas@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This format is especially apropos, as Natalie Portman is one of a handful of actors with an Erdos number.

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  • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.”

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  • model_tar_gz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    P(doing math/doing meth) = P(doing meth/doing math)*P(doing meth)/P(doing math)

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