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It's kind of funny, I don't really see psychedelics as "drugs" in the same way that you wouldn't view coffee as a drug. I don't think SW engineers are, for exam
by BossingAround 3y ago
It's kind of funny, I don't really see psychedelics as "drugs" in the same way that you wouldn't view coffee as a drug. I don't think SW engineers are, for example, known for taking meth or heroin, so I'd definitely call the group fairly "drug free".
I'd think (based on nothing but my experience) that your average nurse might have higher likelihood of taking hard drugs than an average SWE :)
- golergka 3y ago> I don't think SW engineers are, for example, known for taking meth Some people think meth means “amphetamine” (although it usually methamphetamine), and there’s a lot of software engineers who take different types of prescribed amphetamines like Adderal and Ritalin. And don’t even get me started on weed and millenials.
- danielbln 3y agoMethylphenidate is not an amphetamine but your points stand.
- knutzui 3y agoFrom Wikipedia: > A drug is any chemical substance that when consumed causes a change in an organism's physiology, including its psychology, if applicable. Coffee, psychedelics and alcohol are drugs just like heroin. Whether you believe they are useful to consume is a different matter.
- BossingAround 3y agoThat's exactly what I meant. In a literal sense, pretty much any substance/chemical is a drug (like sugar). Yet, since the 80s, the word "drug" means something very different. In that sense, I wouldn't call SWEs a "drug using group." We all know the pedantic meaning of the word "drug" - in that case, the whole humanity is a drug-taking species, since we prefer drug-altered consciousness to our natural one (e.g. by caffeine).