Who wants caffeine?

Think you consume caffiene? See Brad DeLong. Unimpressed? Then go read Jacob Levy’s post on his caffeine consumption. Neither of them, however, comes close to approaching the caffeine consumption of Paul Erdos. As he once said, “A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.” UPDATE: James Joyner has more, including this very funny ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast.

Think you consume caffiene? See Brad DeLong. Unimpressed? Then go read Jacob Levy's post on his caffeine consumption. Neither of them, however, comes close to approaching the caffeine consumption of Paul Erdos. As he once said, "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." UPDATE: James Joyner has more, including this very funny comment. Relative to these people, I have a very mild habit. I didn't really drink coffee until I was in graduate school (Itried as an undergraduate, felt like my stomach lining was being ripped to shreds, and stopped soon afterwards). Even then, my gateway drug was the Starbucks mocha. However, what got me to one cup a day was neither graduate school nor my job -- it was parenting.

Think you consume caffiene? See Brad DeLong. Unimpressed? Then go read Jacob Levy’s post on his caffeine consumption. Neither of them, however, comes close to approaching the caffeine consumption of Paul Erdos. As he once said, “A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.” UPDATE: James Joyner has more, including this very funny comment. Relative to these people, I have a very mild habit. I didn’t really drink coffee until I was in graduate school (Itried as an undergraduate, felt like my stomach lining was being ripped to shreds, and stopped soon afterwards). Even then, my gateway drug was the Starbucks mocha. However, what got me to one cup a day was neither graduate school nor my job — it was parenting.

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner

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