...if caffeine were a new drug, I wonder what Schedule it would be in and if people might be even more leery of it than modafinil. ... So I eventual

...if caffeine were a new drug, I wonder what Schedule it would be in and if people might be even more leery of it than modafinil. ... So I eventually got around to ordering another thing of nicotine gum... A second dose was similar, and the third dose was at 10 PM before playing Ninja Gaiden II seemed to stop the usual exhaustion I feel after playing through a level or so. Okay, I'm no longer part of the gwern fanclub. I could pick apart other aspects of this article, but I'll refrain, since it's not without a modicum of practical utility. Yes, he writes very lengthy, detailed articles. Lovely. But they are anecdotes. And artisanal anecdotes at best. To summarize gwern: A layman tries some stuff that is innately accessible to any layman, and writes haughtily aloof essays.