Nootropics

Post by dajohnson89 » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 5:06 PM UTC

nhaliday wrote: post #75

dajohnson89 wrote: post #27

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Nicotine gum is awful for your teeth and gums, and there's a lot of anecdotal evidence that it thins out hair.

Do you have a source for the first assertion? I can't find any studies on google. I'm skeptical because people so often attribute many of the negative effects of other chemicals in tobacco to nicotine with no evidence (a point the OP hammers home at https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine ). Even the FDA seems comfortable with this conflation, as evidenced by their disposition toward e-cigs.

Post by Houshalter » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 5:08 PM UTC

saiya-jin wrote: post #282

orangecat wrote: post #255

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To me, the entire idea of performance-enhancing chemicals is the essence of Moloch Moloch specifically refers to zero-sum games. Intelligence enhancement is not that; if everyone in the world gained 10 IQ points we would almost certainly be far better off. To what ends? Curing cancer and Alzheimer's, getting self-driving cars on the road by 2025 instead of 2030, colonizing Mars, figuring out how to fix our diets with…

you need only a bit of willpower to fix your own diet, nothing more. many people are unwilling to get into any form of unpleasant state (ie abstaining from sweet stuff, workouts etc), they are 'too soft' and avoid hardships. that's all. and none of what you mentioned could be magically achieved by one person popping a pill to gain some short term effect, and probably lose something in longer run. feel free to experim…

Post by AstralStorm » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 5:16 PM UTC

scriptkiddy wrote: post #326

Practicality wrote: post #272

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I am a little ambivalent about that. How about coffee, vitamin d, calcium and tyrosine? All of them have proven benefits, nothing fringe: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-o... That combined with exercise, sleep and eating well is pretty much my "stack." Personally I would rather not risk the possibility of destroying my brain with something unproven. However, for things with proven benefits…

Caffeine, calcium, and Tyrosine can all be found in normal food and beverages. There's no need to supplement them unless you have a terrible diet. You can get vitamin d by going outside every once in a while.

Post by joeyspn » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 5:17 PM UTC

arcanus wrote: post #270

george_ciobanu wrote: post #254

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Running works wonders for me: helps mood, sleep and energy right away. I run 3-5 miles almost every day and the following morning I wake up refreshed and in a good mood. The effect wears out after a day or two so you have to do it often. Distance is not that important - what matters is time and intensity: run at least 20m with 10 of them near your upper limit. Make sure you pick a sustainable pace that makes it hard…

^ this. Absolutely don't disagree with any of it. Big runner here. I'll just add that many people are mentally exhausted, and frustrated they cannot sleep. But I bet they are not physically exhausted. HIIT, distance running, whatever works, etc. are all great ways to tire out your body.

Post by nilved » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 5:23 PM UTC

DiabloD3 wrote: post #139

notapirate wrote: post #64

Reading gwern for hours is mind numbingly amazing in and of itself. Bonus points to anyone who knows his real name, fan club located in #gwern on freenode especially after the darknet markets research. Is this an alternate reality where HN is actually Slashdot circa 2008, I can't tell right now.

Honestly, I agree with the Slashdot comparison, except earlier in it's lifetime. However, that means HN is going to fall apart in about 2 years and turn into a toxic shithole. Fuck.