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Not sure why this was downvoted and previously flagged. It's well known that Erdős took amphetamines. In fact, he once bet Ron Graham that he could quit taking
by Paul-Craft 3y ago
Not sure why this was downvoted and previously flagged. It's well known that Erdős took amphetamines. In fact, he once bet Ron Graham that he could quit taking them for a month. He won the bet, but he famously said the progress of mathematics was set back by a month.
https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/14598/erdos-use-of-amphetamines-to-stimulate-his-creativity https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/14598/erdos-use-of-a...
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y agoI guess he and Lloyd Bridges both picked the wrong time to quit amphetamines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhaXZh-p4hQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhaXZh-p4hQ
- WhitneyLand 3y agoI’m not one of the downvotes but my guess would it’s not because a fact was stated. Rather that the tone of the comment seems to trivialize his contributions.
- varjag 3y agoA user in withdrawal would certainly say that.
- godelski 3y ago> Not sure why this was downvoted Because it is a lazy comment that contributes little and a lot of people on HN don't like that, preferring to promote conversation. But people on HN tend to take votes less seriously and more about moving comments around.