From: Nick Bostrom (bostrom@ndirect.co.uk)
Date: Fri Apr 09 1999 - 18:02:07 MDT
Anders wrote:
> While I agree in general, I wonder how to compare them - nicotine
> affects attention, caffeine wakefullness and alertness, cholinergic
> stuff memory, all have different effects. However, caffeine is
> remarkably non-toxic and easily accessible.
Do you use nicotine or cholinergics yourself? Is there any
cholinergic that you would recommend? Deprenyl?
I use nicotine chewing gum or microtabs, though only when I do
difficult intellectual work. That way, if I were to become addicted,
I would simultaneously become addicted to hard thinking -- not such a
bad thing! I haven't tried any cholinergic yet. As for caffeine, I
try it periodically, but I haven't figured out whether the net
effect is beneficial for me. It seems to affect me differently on
different occasions.
Are there any other chemical substances or psychological techniques
that you find particularly useful?
Nick Bostrom
http://www.hedweb.com/nickb n.bostrom@lse.ac.uk
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
London School of Economics
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