“All those folks inventing cutting edge tech that changed everyone’s life are high as a kite.”
You’re implying that users get smarter or more creative under the influence. The study shows nothing of the sort.
What it says is that within 72 hours of usage cognitive capacities are impaired and that after 72 hours AT BEST they returns to normal. But if you’re a constant user you’re constantly and SIGNIFICANTLY impaired!
“It found that those young people who identified as heavy marijuana users scored significantly lower than non-users in a variety of cognitive domains such as learning, abstraction, speed of processing, delayed memory, inhibition and attention.”
If you owned a software company would you knowingly hire a pothead?
“You’re implying that users get smarter or more creative under the influence. “
Absolutely NOT!
Everyone is some degree of dumb on pot. And significantly diminished.
No, I would not hire a chronic user if I could parse them out from the occasional user. But I would not hesitate to hire an occasional user.
Since it’s impossible to parse them out, I would judge them on performance alone.