Provigil Extends Your Day?

John Mearns writes "It looks like before long all caffeine junkies will be able to ditch the bottle of Mountain Dew or cup of coffee in favor of pill. Its not a true stimulant so you don't get the "caffeine crash," just countless hours of alert attentiveness. " It's also still in testing so it'll probably make you grow horns or something, and is supposed to only be used for people who are sleepy during the day, but it raises several interesting ethical questions.

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Slightly offtopic

[zmooc]

If this pill sound interesting to you, you my also like this recent story on kuro5hin about Uberman's sleep schedule. This is problably just as bad for your health though.