rabidchicken comments on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: rabidchicken 17 August 2010 06:05:11AM 0 points [-]

Using your logic, I would be forced to try a large proportion of all drugs ever made. My motivation to buy this drug is close to my motivation to buy every other miracle drug out there, I want more third party tests of each one so I can make a more informed decision of where to spend my money, instead of experimenting on hundreds per month. Also, it does not have a DIN number in Canada, so I would need to import it.

Comment author: gwern 30 August 2010 05:56:41PM 5 points [-]

A large proportion of drugs ever made have been claimed to improve memory and have a long history of null-results for side-effects and positive results for mental improvement?

Indeed.