>>16921873
Most often the latter but the former is technically correct just because you said "can."

>>16921873
You think Feynman wasnt spacing when he was thinking about path integrals? But when asked where he's most productive he says "at home with my family". He meant in his study/garage smoking his pipe but had the decency not to say it. I think people who use drugs for innovation tend to also realize that it's not something to be promoted for the average person, or associated with science in general which is otherwise admirable. I have used them for general creative purposes, but also have been broken by them in ways that I embrace but also would not wish on anyone. So it remains an unspeakable truth, which in some sense is like a demon which isolates a person from the natural social order.
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>>16921873
For me they have. They have helped me gain an understanding of material that seemed beyond my understanding. They have also given me insights about material I already had an understanding of, I would describe it as being able to more explicitly describe intuitive understanding, as well as more intuitively visualizing discrete information.

I wouldn't be able to do my job without those insights.

>>16921873
Why would someone with an insight into the nature of reality want to contribute anything to a system whose basic premises and values are fundamentally opposed to enlightenment?

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>>16921873
you arent asking the right questions, you need to ask yourself what creates bespoke thought

look at the Szilard letter, Einstein didnt even think of atomic bombs when inventing the physics behind it.

sometimes its necessity, sometimes its random, sometimes its a game of 4d chess where the established physics need to be destroyed to be iterated upon.

does your brain always work perfectly? are you that stupid? it doesnt even matter the question is already answered

unless OP is elon or bezos or cook, even if drugs could help you, you already dont know how to properly function. you are merely an orifice to your employer and they pay you to shit out something moderately productive.

Diogenes would tell you to listen to your own self, stop seeking validation

>>16922107
Simply to make the world a better place.
>Plus, if you don't do it, AI will...

I would ask that you would get involved now while you can still make an impact on the dystopian future.

>>16923587
>Simply to make the world a better place.
How can you make the world a better place by indulging in and furthering the interests of a system of values that makes the world a worse place? Or maybe you mean I should use the knowledge I gain to destroy the technological system and anyone who seeks such "progress"? :^)

>>16922362
how many scientific contributions have (You) made though? didn't think s9

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>>16921873
I was pretty sheltered but also a lifelong reader of erowid from my teens through my 20s. Weed, salvia, shrooms were the psychs I've consumed (plenty of experimentation with other drugs too). I thought I'd end up doing Terrence McKenna heroic doses once I became more independent; even had some DMT sitting there for years but never tried it.
Turns out, a few mildly intense mushroom trips (2g penis envy shrooms, but while on SSRIs which dulls the effects) were enough for me to "get the message" I was looking for and tune out. I'm a cognitive scientist turned computer scientist, I contribute by talking to people

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>>16923631
bumping while sober