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Re:An Experience with Modafinil by adrianN on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:09AM (#30068722)
That is impossible because there is limited supply of the things you want to achieve with your education, e.g. a tenure track position, and the demand is always higher than the supply.
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Re:An Experience with Modafinil by bryan_w on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:15AM (#30069088)
Shhh don't tell them, let them stay unambitious. It makes it easier for the rest of us.
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Re:An Experience with Modafinil by akimball on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:06AM (#30073423)
This is true only if your range of available strategies is constrained to a closed competitive subsystem. The actual range of available strategies is unbounded, given unlimited rationality.
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