We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
frankly, as a neuroscientist, the notion of a smart drug is somewhat ridiculous, why? Well, it turns out that we have neural circuits in our brain that get engaged for creativity, and yet other neural circuits that are engaged for focus, and still other neural circuits that are engaged for task switching, so the notion of a smart drug or a drug that can induce smartness, if you will, is simply not grounded in science.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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That is there's no such thing as a drug that can make you smarter because there is no circuit in the brain for being smart.