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I'm a lazy fuck who can't do work unless there's pressure on me to do it.

Has science discovered any tricks that can allow people to intentionally put believable pressure on themselves?
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Remember that you will die unless you help us make the singularity happen.
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>>8053637
>Has science discovered any tricks that can allow people to intentionally put believable pressure on themselves?
yep, they're called amphetamines.

Paul Erdos, challenged by a colleague to suspend his use, did so and then replied "you have set back the progress in mathematics by a month," promptly started using again
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>>8053690
I have some aderall but I keep forgetting I have it
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>>8053683
>a strong ai will solve all our problems
This is what people actually believe.
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>>8053637
The only way I can get myself to work, OP, is when I feel an obligation to someone else to do it. Meaning I join a lot of study groups.

I'll let myself down all the livelong day, but another student depending on me for help? Fear of guilt is the best motivator there is.

Try it, maybe you're the same way.
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>>8053720
this what is actually also true.
get rekt and never interfer with my dreams again.
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>>8055597
>what is actually also true
Truth is the worst motivator in human history.
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>>8055598

The pursuit towards the truth has always served as my motivator
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>>8055612
You are a god among men and thus the worst kind of person imaginable.
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>>8053637
I think that is called discipline
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>>8053637
Go meditate.
It helps build concentration and willpower.
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>>8053637
at least you don't have my problem, i shut down at a certain threshold of stress.
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