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Would you say the same thing if it was the person's first time with caffeine? Because Modafinil is a stimulant and used to treat narcolepsy, one could argue tha

Would you say the same thing if it was the person's first time with caffeine? Because Modafinil is a stimulant and used to treat narcolepsy, one could argue that going to work tired and treating people would have been more dangerous. I agree with you that he definitely should have done it prior but this is relatively low on my scale of recklessness. It is not like the effects weren't known. Just the severity of his reaction.

smegger001 5y ago
Entirely different. Caffeine is a very well studied substance with widely known effects, it has been used for literally centuries by a sizeable portion of the human population.
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- asdff 5y ago
  This is also a studied substance with known side effects. The author mentioned looking into the literature for clinical data before purchasing.
- ActorNightly 5y ago
  And in modern day, we have FDA, which is a very-tough-to-get-by filter for public medication.
  - smegger001 5y ago
    The FDA has decided that this a substance the needs restricting from general consumption for a reason wrong or no. Was that the right decision or wrong I don't know. But I have to assume they have some reason but it would be enough for me to take seriously the possible consequences of having a adverse reaction when dealing with the lives of OTHER PEOPLE if he had started his self experiment on his own time that would be one thing but he was treating other people and that makes this inexcusable. had he tried it in a safe controlled situation, then determined it to be safe and used it at work then I wouldn't care but he didn't. bottom line he put other people at risk.
    - ActorNightly 5y ago
      Your statement is essentially "given OPs current state and prior probability of him making a mistake on the job, and the action of taking modafinil, that probability increases given the OP takes that action. Which is not an accurate statement. Modafinil is a nootropic, which means that it can increase attention, therefore decreasing the chance of a mistake. The probability that someone will experience more wakefulness and attention is high in this regard. And it being FDA approved lowers the probability of an adverse reaction that can cause someone to not be in the right mind and make mistakes to a very small number, which accounts for things like heart conditions.

smegger001 5y ago

Entirely different. Caffeine is a very well studied substance with widely known effects, it has been used for literally centuries by a sizeable portion of the human population.

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asdff 5y ago
This is also a studied substance with known side effects. The author mentioned looking into the literature for clinical data before purchasing.
ActorNightly 5y ago
And in modern day, we have FDA, which is a very-tough-to-get-by filter for public medication.
- smegger001 5y ago
  The FDA has decided that this a substance the needs restricting from general consumption for a reason wrong or no. Was that the right decision or wrong I don't know. But I have to assume they have some reason but it would be enough for me to take seriously the possible consequences of having a adverse reaction when dealing with the lives of OTHER PEOPLE if he had started his self experiment on his own time that would be one thing but he was treating other people and that makes this inexcusable. had he tried it in a safe controlled situation, then determined it to be safe and used it at work then I wouldn't care but he didn't. bottom line he put other people at risk.
  - ActorNightly 5y ago
    Your statement is essentially "given OPs current state and prior probability of him making a mistake on the job, and the action of taking modafinil, that probability increases given the OP takes that action. Which is not an accurate statement. Modafinil is a nootropic, which means that it can increase attention, therefore decreasing the chance of a mistake. The probability that someone will experience more wakefulness and attention is high in this regard. And it being FDA approved lowers the probability of an adverse reaction that can cause someone to not be in the right mind and make mistakes to a very small number, which accounts for things like heart conditions.