Do pills make us brainier? // Current

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1106022/Can-pill-make-brain...

It sounds like the stuff of science fiction movies but students and the military are using drugs to boost their brainpower. Modafinil (or Provigil) is the pill the academics have been taking. Officially, it's used to treat conditions that cause daytime sleepiness, such as narcolepsy.

In fact, it is already available, and academics in America and Britain have apparently been taking it for years.

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  this_time_its_for_real
- I second the Jerk. Seeking a constantly changing perspective is the quickest route to problem-solving. Therefore, let us not only question but actively strive to understand what kind of chemical imbalances can perhaps hint to us what our next evolutionary steps might be.
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  TheSodaJerk
- Drugs can give us insights we might not have otherwise. Hence when an already intelligent person takes the drug they are able to see a problem in a different light.
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  chelseaf89
- There's no way. Especially just pills in general. It'd be a lot more believable if it was narrowed down to a specific pill.
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  nazbags
- Yeah, and Adderall makes you right better papers ... I have a hard time believing this
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  pjacobs51
- Caffeine does the same thing, right?
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  4free
- If only ...
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  SHAWN_RITTIMAN
- I have a high tolerance to anything that would make me smart!
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  ii386
- SHAWN_RITTIMAN:
  at least you're honest haha
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  readyforthefloor
- I was put on this for ADD and it worked great for about 2 weeks then totally stopped working. I think that the "brain-ness" is just the person paying more attention than usual.
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  alivein85
- subsecret:
  "where there's a pill there's a way" lol that is so funny i almost threw up a little in my mouth just now...
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  Stunner1
- Plasebo Effect maybe...
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  spanky07
- pills don't make you any smarter they make you more dependent onn something you don't need in the first place.
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  ClareW
- I can't imagine how pills would actually make people cleverer, other than keeping them awake so they can work longer....
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  bamboobanga007
- Yeah...I take Benadryl
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