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> There's no such thing as a free lunch What about contraception? > least of all when it comes to the brain What about melatonin?
by murbard2 11y ago
> There's no such thing as a free lunch
What about contraception?
> least of all when it comes to the brain
What about melatonin?
- jonnathanson 11y ago"What about melatonin?" It's very safe in terms of its non-toxicity. But the jury is still out on long-term effects like daytime drowsiness, slowed reaction times, etc., resulting from taking melatonin on a regular and prolonged basis.
- murbard2 11y agoI picked contraception and melatonin on purpose because they illustrate two ways to get around Algernon's argument, which is the justification behind the "no free lunch" heuristic in nootropics. http://www.gwern.net/Drug%20heuristics http://www.gwern.net/Drug%20heuristics