Although I agree that caffeine dehydrates you, this doesn't mean it negates the stimulant effects.
Some symptoms of long covid there's more research for like lung damage or loss of taste. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/long-covid-much-more-than-you-wanted Fatigue and especially brain damage can be explained by people who are more likely to report negative symptoms after knowing they have covid.
It does have some bearing on reality if people used it for a long time. There is a tradition and history behind so more are aware of it's effects. The
1. I agree totally. I'm biased because it doesn't for me. However, the death spiral of drinking coffee when you're dehydrated might still negate the benefits, but only after 1-2 hours. Eating might not help much.
2. Lung damage and loss of taste are totally insignificant compared to brain damage and permanent fatigue, unless you are over 50 in which case they're still up there. It is very obviously the right thing to do to wear a cheap P100 mask indoors and eat outdoors, easily more relevant to productivity than any coffee question.
3. This is true, I'm also biased against alcohol due to my metabolism. Unfortunately, rationality of the masses on things like coffee are almost completely negated by powerful lobbying organizations like Starbucks which can influence trends (the existence of lesswrong posts like these are hard evidence against total negation of societal rationality)
4. My point with #4 was that coffee is addictive and stimulates the reward function of the brain, instantly gratifying the choice to drink coffee in the deepest way possible. I strayed from that point by focusing on the economic implications.
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... (read more)Although I agree that caffeine dehydrates you, this doesn't mean it negates the stimulant effects.
Some symptoms of long covid there's more research for like lung damage or loss of taste. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/long-covid-much-more-than-you-wanted Fatigue and especially brain damage can be explained by people who are more likely to report negative symptoms after knowing they have covid.
It does have some bearing on reality if people used it for a long time. There is a tradition and history behind so more are aware of it's effects. The