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Read the paper, or at least the abstract before you criticize researchers for misunderstanding. They were testing performance on the knapsack problem.
by tiahura 3y ago
Read the paper, or at least the abstract before you criticize researchers for misunderstanding. They were testing performance on the knapsack problem.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoNo one is taking these drugs to improve their performance on the knapsack problem. They're taking them so they can work for 15 hours straight without being distracted. It doesn't make any sense to say they don't work when the test is completely irrelevant.
- thruway516 3y agoThey didn't say it doesn't work. They said it seems to make you dumber, at least on certain tasks - not the same thing as 'it doesn't work for studying or distraction'. Their findings are pretty interesting and relevant, at least for correcting a mis-perception that not a few people have about those drugs and what they're supposed to do (many people call them 'smart' drugs).