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> I don't care if the meth dealer is a hip and gentle guy. He's empowering others to destroy their lives You do know that Paul Erdös, the most prolific mathem

> I don't care if the meth dealer is a hip and gentle guy. He's empowering others to destroy their lives You do know that Paul Erdös, the most prolific mathematician of the 20th century (if not ever) was a meth addict, right? I'm not saying "meth is good"; but that blanket generalizations are bad.

JumpCrisscross 12y ago
> Paul Erdös [sic]...was a meth addict Do you have a reputable source for this? Wikipedia and a quick "Paul Erdos meth" Google were both fruitless for me.
- penprog 12y ago
  He is probably referring to how he took amphetamines, which aren't meth.
- nijo108 12y ago
  Paul erdos was an amphetamine user in his later life.
- lsc 12y ago
  You will have a better luck with "Erdos amphetamines" or something like that. Still, uh, using amphetamines or amphetamine analogs in controlled dosages from pharmaceutical sources is a pretty normal thing to do, a pretty normal thing that doesn't seem to cause a whole lot of problems for most people. We give it to children to make them sit still, and many adults take it, too. There are some analogs, like Methylphenidate, which are said to be less addictive, but many people prefer, and use Adderall, which isn't, and both are deemed to be safe enough to give to children in small doses. We even give straight up Dextroamphetamine to some people (though it's rather less common) I mean, dosage is super important, of course, and so is purity, but yeah, lots of people take small amounts of amphetamines without problems. Edit: As someone else pointed out, methamphetamines are similar in effect to, but generally more dangerous than amphetamines, and the latter, I believe, is what Erdos, and most everyday users under medical supervision use.
dalke 12y ago
He was addicted to amphetamine (Benzedrine) or methylphenidate (Ritalin), not methamphetamine.
mikeyouse 12y ago
Paul Erdös was prescribed Ritalin in 1970 when he was nearly 60 years old and had already produced the bulk of his work. He was probably addicted but never varied from his doctor-prescribed dose. Also, Ritalin is nowhere near the same as Methampetamine.
lsb 12y ago
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discardorama 12y ago
Argh! I stand corrected. Apologies for the confusion.

JumpCrisscross 12y ago

> Paul Erdös [sic]...was a meth addict Do you have a reputable source for this? Wikipedia and a quick "Paul Erdos meth" Google were both fruitless for me.

penprog 12y ago
He is probably referring to how he took amphetamines, which aren't meth.
nijo108 12y ago
Paul erdos was an amphetamine user in his later life.
lsc 12y ago
You will have a better luck with "Erdos amphetamines" or something like that. Still, uh, using amphetamines or amphetamine analogs in controlled dosages from pharmaceutical sources is a pretty normal thing to do, a pretty normal thing that doesn't seem to cause a whole lot of problems for most people. We give it to children to make them sit still, and many adults take it, too. There are some analogs, like Methylphenidate, which are said to be less addictive, but many people prefer, and use Adderall, which isn't, and both are deemed to be safe enough to give to children in small doses. We even give straight up Dextroamphetamine to some people (though it's rather less common) I mean, dosage is super important, of course, and so is purity, but yeah, lots of people take small amounts of amphetamines without problems. Edit: As someone else pointed out, methamphetamines are similar in effect to, but generally more dangerous than amphetamines, and the latter, I believe, is what Erdos, and most everyday users under medical supervision use.

dalke 12y ago

He was addicted to amphetamine (Benzedrine) or methylphenidate (Ritalin), not methamphetamine.

mikeyouse 12y ago

Paul Erdös was prescribed Ritalin in 1970 when he was nearly 60 years old and had already produced the bulk of his work. He was probably addicted but never varied from his doctor-prescribed dose. Also, Ritalin is nowhere near the same as Methampetamine.

lsb 12y ago

http://amphetamines.com/amphetamines-vs-methamphetamines/ http://amphetamines.com/amphetamines-vs-methamphetamines/ http://amphetamines.com/paul-erdos.html http://amphetamines.com/paul-erdos.html

discardorama 12y ago

Argh! I stand corrected. Apologies for the confusion.