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Show me a cannabis user without reduced working memory; it's a feature, not a bug.

by codr7 2y ago

onemoresoop 2y ago
Why is it a feature and not a bug?
- jMyles 2y ago
  Personally, I like it because it reduces the volume, both spacially and temporally, of the thoughts in my immediate working memory so that I can more clearly identify the pipeline of activity that I actually want to do (whether it's work or self-care). I think that this is the reason that people who are later diagnosed with ADHD so often use cannabis to "self-medicate". But it achieves this effect in a way that is superior to stimulants (don't get me wrong, I also adore coffee) in two clear ways: 1) it does not change the balance of imaginative vs. practical thinking (whereas stimulants tend to shift thinking toward the practical), and 2) it provides a much more comfortable and integrative afterglow, rather than a stimulant crash.
  - heraldgeezer 2y ago
    You work while high? What will you do when the bossman wants some pee from you?
    - grogenaut 2y ago
      have you ever been pee tested for work?
    - codr7 2y ago
      That will never happen, unless the test is screened for any and all kinds of medications and drugs, then I have no problem.
- deleted 2y ago
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- Aeglaecia 2y ago
  dfs can go down one branch forever , bounding the max depth allows a more comprehensive traversal of base branches
- INTPenis 2y ago
  This is 100% my own anecdote but I believe it helps me with my autism. And I believe that my relative who also has autism and never used cannabis in their life has been impeded by not using it. Just looking at us both now in our 40s, I have a stable career and they are a shut-in on disability. A lot of things lead us here but at the end of the day I think cannabis gave me a release, a way to let things go, not fret too much. I remember a meme from early 2000s where cb was represented as a pill that said "fukitol" and honestly that's how it works for me. If it wasn't for cb I would be hyperfocusing on things I can't do anything about.
  - bitxbitxbitcoin 2y ago
    Is your username a play on your INTJ result from the Myers Brigg Type test? Regardles, I relate to your comment a lot. Research is coming out from the Network of Applied Pharmacognosy that calls this the stoner neurotype.[0] [0] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/146-pharmacognosy-feat-dr-miyabe-shields-dr-riley-kirk/id1558983589?i=1000640640339&l=es-MX https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/146-pharmacognosy-feat...
    - qup 2y ago
      ...why wouldn't it be a play on the INTP type?
    - INTPenis 2y ago
      That's a fun sounding podcast, gotta give it a listen. INTP rather, but I'm probably somewhere inbetween.
- codr7 2y ago
  Because memorizing things is far from the most interesting aspect of consciousness.

Show me a cannabis user without reduced working memory; it's a feature, not a bug.

by codr7 2y ago

Show me a cannabis user without reduced working memory; it's a feature, not a bug.

onemoresoop 2y ago

Why is it a feature and not a bug?

jMyles 2y ago
Personally, I like it because it reduces the volume, both spacially and temporally, of the thoughts in my immediate working memory so that I can more clearly identify the pipeline of activity that I actually want to do (whether it's work or self-care). I think that this is the reason that people who are later diagnosed with ADHD so often use cannabis to "self-medicate". But it achieves this effect in a way that is superior to stimulants (don't get me wrong, I also adore coffee) in two clear ways: 1) it does not change the balance of imaginative vs. practical thinking (whereas stimulants tend to shift thinking toward the practical), and 2) it provides a much more comfortable and integrative afterglow, rather than a stimulant crash.
- heraldgeezer 2y ago
  You work while high? What will you do when the bossman wants some pee from you?
  - grogenaut 2y ago
    have you ever been pee tested for work?
  - codr7 2y ago
    That will never happen, unless the test is screened for any and all kinds of medications and drugs, then I have no problem.
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Aeglaecia 2y ago
dfs can go down one branch forever , bounding the max depth allows a more comprehensive traversal of base branches
INTPenis 2y ago
This is 100% my own anecdote but I believe it helps me with my autism. And I believe that my relative who also has autism and never used cannabis in their life has been impeded by not using it. Just looking at us both now in our 40s, I have a stable career and they are a shut-in on disability. A lot of things lead us here but at the end of the day I think cannabis gave me a release, a way to let things go, not fret too much. I remember a meme from early 2000s where cb was represented as a pill that said "fukitol" and honestly that's how it works for me. If it wasn't for cb I would be hyperfocusing on things I can't do anything about.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 2y ago
  Is your username a play on your INTJ result from the Myers Brigg Type test? Regardles, I relate to your comment a lot. Research is coming out from the Network of Applied Pharmacognosy that calls this the stoner neurotype.[0] [0] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/146-pharmacognosy-feat-dr-miyabe-shields-dr-riley-kirk/id1558983589?i=1000640640339&l=es-MX https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/146-pharmacognosy-feat...
  - qup 2y ago
    ...why wouldn't it be a play on the INTP type?
  - INTPenis 2y ago
    That's a fun sounding podcast, gotta give it a listen. INTP rather, but I'm probably somewhere inbetween.
codr7 2y ago
Because memorizing things is far from the most interesting aspect of consciousness.