How many of you (coders) use marijuana?
mannicken: * WARNING: Heavy drug material and offtopic both in one message. Don't complain if your Internet etiquette sensors blow up. *I've never smoked marijuana but I did take DXM (~1.5-2.0mg/lb) several times. Certainly, during DXM trip I would have absolutely no concentration or creativity. However, after it I found that the after-effect effectively destroys two of the great challenges to thinking:- Fear- Close-mindnessI might not have been able to go through a chapter of Intro to Algorithms because I was scared, or concentrate on a bug for five hours because of fear but after DXM I could. I guess it increased my attention span. I remember I was learning about RBT tress and noticing how I am not freaking out because I don't understand stuff at first and how my mind was a blank piece of paper where anything complex could be written.There was no frustration that usually comes when I meet a problem in the thinking process, only curiosity. That helps.Oh, and it also healed my suicidal depression so I guess not being dead helps concentration and creativity a lot.