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No, please don't stir for gods sake. Don't add oils or anything either. What you need is just a big enough pot with water and salt, add the pasta when it's boiling and get it out once it's done. Simple as that.
Pro tip: let it just a little bit undercooked and finish it in a pan with the sauce on it.
I'm not even italian.
Does pasta stick together when you don't add salt? I've never stirred a pasta pot in my entire life
No, it doesn't. Salt is just for flavour. Pasta will be dancing in the boiling water, no time to stick together.
Salt actually does more than add flavor - it also makes the water boil at hotter temperatures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling-point_elevation