Ah. The long debated nootropics and intelligence argument. Well – let’s get into it.
First, I’d like to make my position clear:
- I see nootropics as absolutely capable of helping to induce improvements through intelligence. But..
- Not directly. You can’t take a nootropic compound, and then suddenly, the things that underly intelligence (like learning particular things/skills/abilities/being fluidly intelligent), are improved. How the hell would that happen? Magically?
- But nootropics DO quantifiably increase the release, functionality, and operation of the neurochemicals, IN relevant regions of the brain, to learn information. This isn’t a debate. This is reality.
And the typical arguments against nootropics improving intelligence, completely (conveniently) omit the entire 2nd step of this three step process of: ingestion of nootropics (1st step), engaging in learning (2nd step), and then intelligence being increased in areas where person learned (3rd step).
The argument against nootropics and intelligence is a very… almost labrador level argument, assuming that nootropics improving intelligence works like this:
- Person takes nootropics acutely…
- Intelligence is improved. OR
- Person takes nootropics for 2 years
- Intelligence is improved.
Which is crazy. How could merely taking a nootropic compound improve base levels of intelligence? It couldn’t. But what DOES improve intelligence is the perpetual engagement in learning, something made a lot easier by taking certain nootropic compounds, and thus modulating neurotransmitters and receptor sites.
We’ll break this down in finer detail in the podcast below. Thanks for listening!!