Comment by Less_Anonymous on Chaotic Inversion · 2008-12-01T02:28:38.000Z · LW · GW

Seconding Anonymous's recommendation of amphetamine, unless you're particularly addiction-prone. After years of trying to bootstrap willpower, it's fairly shocking to find it waiting in a pill. Even if you only use it for a short time, the potential long-term gains from taking short-term control of your life are huge.

As a mathematician, you may be particularly interested in Paul Erdős as a data point.