Hack #73: Learn the Facts About Cognitive Enhancers

"Smart drugs" are supposed to make you smart, but it's not always smart to take them. Until smart drugs are safer and more effective, there are some alternative mental-performance enhancers to try that are both interesting and legal.

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Links

• Full text of hack (PDF)
• Modafinil: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A61282-2002Jun16?language=printer
• SmartDrug (on the Mentat Wiki) is an attempt to make a comprehensive list of useful cognitive enhancers.

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Hack Author

VaughanBell

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This is a page for a hack from the book MindPerformanceHacks by Ron Hale-Evans.