MarkusRamikin comments on Rationality Drugs - Less Wrong
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"Drug X improves performance measure Y" will in general be an incomplete description of the effects of drug X.
To be a rationalist is to be the kind of person who mentally adds "among other as yet undiscovered effects" to every single bullet point above.
Upvoted for naming what was bothering me.
Of course I imagine some drugs are rather well understood by now. But Lukeprog's post doesn't seem to touch on the safety and potential downsides of taking this stuff, which would be useful.
(Also, creepy pill-man is creepy.)