Having experimented with nootropics (using gwern’s site as a guide), I can report there is little exciting in the way of “being smarter”—but there is plenty of low-hanging fruit in the stimulants! Being more alert and motivated is a pretty good proxy for being smarter to boot.
Having experimented with nootropics (using gwern’s site as a guide), I can report there is little exciting in the way of “being smarter”—but there is plenty of low-hanging fruit in the stimulants! Being more alert and motivated is a pretty good proxy for being smarter to boot.