Nootropics – The Facts About “Smart Drugs”
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Nootropics – The Facts About “Smart Drugs”
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#2There may be places out there to find reliable information on the efficacy and safety of prescription medication taken off-label, but a guest post from a seller of them certainly is not one.
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#3As someone whose diet is already high in eggs, meat etc. (paleo) I wonder how much effect this has. I am asking this because both fish oil supplements and magnesium supplements don't seem to have any additional beneficial effect on me. Anyone have experience with that?
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#4Unlike in athletics, academics isn’t necessarily a zero sum game. While in a race there is necessarily a winner and a loser, nobody in academics is held back if another student is better able to retain their information.
No, but the doped student's advantage could cause her to be selected over another (undoped) student in college entrance exams, program entrance exams, and other educational competitions.
Does this mean we'll soon see articles about how the Ivy League and most hacker dens dope more than the Tour de France?
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#5[citation needed]
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#6Unlike in athletics, academics isn’t necessarily a zero sum game. While in a race there is necessarily a winner and a loser, nobody in academics is held back if another student is better able to retain their information. No, but the doped student's advantage could cause her to be selected over another (undoped) student in college entrance exams, program entrance exams, and other educational competitions. Does this me…
> A study in Nature found that an average of 7% (with a range up to 25%) of US college students have used a nootropic at some point in their careers.
http://singularityhub.com/2009/10/06/should-students-be-test...
What would you bet that ivys have a higher rate than average too? :)
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#7Potentially relevant - Johann Hari's article in HuffPost about his experiment with Provigil (aka Modafinil).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/my-experiment-with...
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#8Unlike in athletics, academics isn’t necessarily a zero sum game. While in a race there is necessarily a winner and a loser, nobody in academics is held back if another student is better able to retain their information. No, but the doped student's advantage could cause her to be selected over another (undoped) student in college entrance exams, program entrance exams, and other educational competitions. Does this me…
So what? Sports are essentially about competing, so the playing field being leveled is important. Academics is about the advancement of science. If doping helps a student to find a cure for cancer, I see no reason to object.
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#9I only have one question, can I get some links to buy these?
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#10As someone whose diet is already high in eggs, meat etc. (paleo) I wonder how much effect this has. I am asking this because both fish oil supplements and magnesium supplements don't seem to have any additional beneficial effect on me. Anyone have experience with that?
As the post admitted, few supplements have benefit once you are eating a well-balanced diet. As he put it, "these are best used to fill any deficiencies." Though it is sad to see what amounts to an infomercial voted up to the number 2 spot on HN.
Added: Now it's made the top post.