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I just realized that either I get karma for this or I get warm fuzzies from people agreeing with me. Suddenly the magic of the game is clear.
ETA: ... although now I'm wondering how strongly I would have to word it before people stopped agreeing with it.
:)
This one's really hard for me... there's low hanging fruit in IA that gives the problem a Pascalian flavor. Generally, people would do much better with social skills, but if one person finds one really good IA technique and tells the future FAI team, that might be enough to tip the balance. So 90% seems possibly too high.
And don't forget the direct benefit that good IA techniques can have on the ability to develop social skills!
Adderall does wonders for my ability to interact with people. Now if only I could get an oxytocin nasal spray prescription... well, I'm definitely going to give it a shot.
Interesting! I'd never heard that. How so?
I was very energetic and chatty, and didn't really care about personal space. My friend gave it to me at a party because he wanted to see what it did to my chess ability. It was too hard to tell if it improved my chess, but it definitely led to me sitting very close to a girl that lives in my neighborhood and actually connecting with her. Normally I come across as laconic, which works pretty well for some reason, but it was nice to actually feel passionate about getting to know someone, and feel an emotional bond forming in real time. I ended up driving with her to Denny's, and I was so into the conversation that I kept on taking my eyes off the road and looking at her, and this led to slightly suboptimal driving safety. So, a warning: adderall helps you focus, but not necessarily on the right things.
I've had the same experience (conversation vs driving attention focus based on stimulants). Watch out for that stuff!
It took me a couple reads to make sense of your description, because I parsed this as the "before" picture, and didn't see the difference. :)
I love that feeling. I've only gotten it with a few friends--usually it's either too gradual to notice, or I realize suddenly that we've gotten closer without feeling it happen.
Haha. Noted.