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> "Does not really diminish my IQ" Sorry, I meant it does not significantly diminish my IQ. > How do you know is not the same thing with you. First, I did no
by binspace 16y ago
> "Does not really diminish my IQ"
Sorry, I meant it does not significantly diminish my IQ.
> How do you know is not the same thing with you.
First, I did not say I'm smarter when high. There was a study that shows that there is a small drop (~ 4 points) http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/22/text.iq/ http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/22/text.iq/.
I also see my work when I am sober and it's fine.
The question is what needs to be optimized. At times (not all the time IMO and certainly not in the office), the benefit of exploring new options and increasing motivation of the task outweighs the slight drop in IQ.
> The test subjects would swear that they drive even better when drunk.
I did not swear I code better either. I take a different approach to solve the problem at hand, which leads to better results due to diversity in the problem solving process. I code sober much more often than when high. My code is also peer reviewed. It seems to work out just fine.
Sometimes you just have to loosen up. However you want to do that is up to you, as long as you use proper discretion if it is a controversial approach...