Oddbean new post about login | logout 2 things: 1. Hitler was also famous for some of the heavy drugs he took at the behest of his doctor, which many people believe were one of the reasons for some of his catastrophically poor decisions throughout the war. That's hilarious. 2. "Don't smoke mein freuden, zat stuff vill kill you!" uh.... smoke up buddy I think you don't have anything to worry about.
> heavy drugs he took at the behest of his doctor Interesting. Opiates?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/07/518986612/author-says-hitler-was-blitzed-on-cocaine-and-opiates-during-the-war Opiates and cocaine. Sounds bad but (apparently I need to defend Hitler and prove my critics totally right) keep in mind that we took some time to really understand how bad all these drugs were. Sigmund Freud died in 1939 right before he started using and before he realized how dangerous it was and recanted he wrote a book called "on cocaine" which basically talks about how much he loved cocaine. Also, "German supersoldier serum" was just methamphetamine, which powered the long journeys of the blitzkrieg. It wasn't until much later that it was really appreciated how dangerous drugs are. https://time.com/5752114/nazi-military-drugs/
@sj_zero @lain@lain.com @🌲-alist There is a book called "Blitzed." The meth was an effective secret weapon in Poland and France. Both nations expected to counterattack when the invading Nazis had to rest. But they didn't rest, they just took more meth and kept going! Apparently this worked for up to 48 hours after which the soldier would become useless. The Americans, Japanese, and Russians also used various amphetamines, and the US military still does. There is now Provigil as an alternative.