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Originally Posted by Jennihul  Ok, rabid point-makers, let's stick to the chemicals about which this thread was made: Drugs to "enhance" one's life.
If you read Dan's article, you will see that his point is that this drug can apparently be used, not to cure a disease, but to make a normal person somehow "better" than baseline.
My point is that you cannot change the chemistry in your body without affecting other systems. Your body is a closed refinery. When you turn a dial here, another one goes off-kilter. When you add a few drams of X, then Y is out of balance. |
Any 'enhancement' drugs disturb people. Drugs are socially Ok to bring yourself back to normal, but not to make yourself supernormal.
I addressed the trade-offs in my original post.
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Drugs like Ritalin and Adderall are trade-offs. You're definitely giving up a part of yourself. Specifically, you're giving up the part of yourself that has an overwhelming curiosity and wonderment about life. You're trading it in for a very narrow, focused perspective for a few hours. And during that time, and because of that focus, you tend to get a lot done.
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Jenn, you didn't answer my question about the other silver bullets. I'm curious about what you think of the brain pacemaker.