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Multiplying out the average time for the tasks, they spent about 25 minutes total. If their goal was to recreate the conditions where people take these drugs in non-medical settings, they failed. It is not when you have a half hour of puzzles, and someone sitting next to you and scoring your work. It's when you have 24 hours of work and 16 hours to do it. Or, a 15 minute task that feels like pulling off your own fingernails.


> when you have 24 hours of work and 16 hours to do it

We used to call this a compressed work day.

Which compression algorithm is this? I bet it is pretty lossy.




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