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Smart Drugs

 

Would you take a drug to make yourself smarter? more creative? I have been seeing quite a few articles and news stories about the possibility of healthy people being able to take some sort of drug to make themselves smarter or more creative.

Here is another article

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1548910/Intelligence-drugs-could-be-common-as-coffee.html

Now there is a drug that is readily available but can easily make a user far less intelligent and a bit clumsy. It is advertised on television every day.

I could imagine a world where they come up with some that makes people far more intelligent without side effects and everyone takes it which leads to people being miserable because they are too smart for whatever hell they are doing.

I do know that you can be smarter through nutrition and exercise. Try going on a Pepsi/Twinkie/Taco Bell diet for a month and see how clear headed and creative you are. I think the process of doing your own cooking makes you smarter.

To a point, running makes me feel more clear headed but I would not want to take any pub quiz post half Marathon.

Questions of the day

1. 1)Would you take a drug to make yourself smarter? more creative? more focused?
   

2. 2)What drug am I referring to that is readily available that can make people less intelligent?
   

3. 3)What would be the downside if suddenly the whole population was 16% smarter (if this could be measured)

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