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Which he did to win a bet on whether he could go without stimulants for a month.

• ch4s3 10y ago
  I read that he complained bitterly the whole time and proclaimed that the bet had cost Mathematics immeasurably. I wonder how true that is.
  • evincarofautumn 10y ago
    The complaining part is probably true—amphetamine withdrawal will make you extremely irritable, and moreover he probably felt like he was being held back from his full potential.
    • ch4s3 10y ago
      Probably. He seems like an endlessly fascinating character to me. He's almost tragic in a sense, but I also can't help but thinking that he probably felt more fulfilled than most people.