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Too bad Troof blog is using a definition of nootropic that I don't like: "Any substance purported to increase or enhance cognitive abilities." He reckons that
by fasteo 4y ago
Too bad Troof blog is using a definition of nootropic that I don't like:
"Any substance purported to increase or enhance cognitive abilities."
He reckons that:
"Some only use the term nootropic to refer to a specific thing which should check a very specific checklist, e.g. having very few side-effects. As I’m not using this definition, remember that the nootropics mentioned here can be very dangerous."
And I am very much inclined to think a nootropic as a substance that[1]
"should protect the brain against various physical or chemical injuries (e.g. barbiturates, scopalamine)."
I would even change should by must
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneliu_E._Giurgea#Nootropic_characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneliu_E._Giurgea#Nootropic_...
- Trasmatta 4y agoFor better or worse, the modern colloquial usage of nootropic is nowhere near the original definition. Caffeine is considered "the most widely used nootropic", but it doesn't even fit the original usage.