<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">An amphetamine psychosis is among the very worst: </font><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> </span><b style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">lack of concentration, delusions of persecution, increased motor activity, disorganization of thoughts, lack of insight, anxiety, suspicion and auditory hallucinations - don't mess with amphetamines unless you know when to stop and can. bill w</b></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 2:08 PM Will Steinberg via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 1:36 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">There is exactly one chemical known to enhance chess ability, freely and nearly universally used: caffeine.</p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I assume this is hyperbolic since amphetamines are widely known to boost problem-solving abilities and reaction time. Caffeine sucks ass as a focus drug compared to amphetamines, since caffeine is a much more general stimulant instead of honing in on the motivation/action loci of the brain. (Source: studied neuroscience, did a lot of drugs). And there are plenty of other nootropics ('smart drugs') known to enhance cognitive ability like piracetam, vinpocetine, noopept, etc...also hormone precursor stuff like DHEA or even straight up HGH can be beneficial for the mind.</div><div><br></div><div>To Henry: opiates certainly have nootropic aspects; I say this as someone who was addicted to them (incl. heroin) for years. Something like kratom could be particularly interesting for chess-like sports as it is also a stimulant in a more literal way than typical opiates, which are often stimulating but I wouldn't classify as stimulants. In any case I stay away from all that stuff now, too addicting to me.</div></div></div>
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