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Is there any reason this is specific to alcohol? From the article that doesn't appear to be the case. There are heaps of drugs that activate the same parts of t

• quinndupont 16y ago
  John Markoff's book "What the Dormouse Said" tells the tale of 1960s "acid tests" for the explicit purpose of mind augmentation or enhancement. It's a terribly fascinating read.
• icegreentea 16y ago
  Well... alcohol was clearly singled out cause of its legality, and social acceptance. In other words, they worked with the easiest substance to work with. On my note, I've found alcohol is great for letting you tackle problems once you have a good enough toolbox (that you know how to use). In other words, its kinda trash to learn a new programming language while drunk, but once you know one, it's great for dealing with random/novel situations. I get this especially while going through my school work (particularly physics). Once I have my toolbox of equations and laws to work with, getting buzzed just makes it feel 'easier' to see the solution, and how to put those pieces together. Somewhat different from the learning a new language example (they are clearly still putting together their toolboxes), but it's also a question of tolerance. Equations and compilers are a lot less tolerant of syntactic (and just in general) mistakes than another human... especially another one at the bar.
• silentbicycle 16y ago
  Alcohol is an unusual drug because it's ubiquitous (socially and economically acceptable), and it has a very different effect in low doses than in high ones.
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• bostonvaulter2 16y ago
  What drugs would you recommend?