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  Man: (calling in panic) Doctor, I ate Viagra but I can't find my wife anywhere.
  Doc: Don't you have a maid?
  Man: Come on doc, I don't need Viagra when I'm with the maid.

May be the problem lies elsewhere.

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While an interesting project can get you excited to work on something, I doubt it can simulate all the neurological receptors that this drug can. The great Paul Erdos was known for his use of amphetamines throughout his life, and after a period of voluntary abstinence famously said, "Before, when I looked at a piece of blank paper my mind was filled with ideas. Now all I see is a blank piece of paper."

I actually think the two sentences that follow that quote reveal a lot more about Paul Erdos.

"You've showed me I'm not an addict. But I didn't get any work done. I'd get up in the morning and stare at a blank piece of paper. I'd have no ideas, just like an ordinary person. You've set mathematics back a month."

(http://www.untruth.org/~josh/papers/Paul%20Erd%F6s%20bio-rev...)

You may find "The Happiness Hypothesis" by Johnathan Haidt of some interest.

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