Comments on: Doping the Math Majors https://blog.speculist.com/brain/doping-the-math.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Karl Hallowell https://blog.speculist.com/brain/doping-the-math.html#comment-870 Karl Hallowell Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:26:29 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=455#comment-870 Some people would argue that the leading edge of this phenomenon is athletes’ use of steroids. I would caution, however, that athletics is atypical in that it is a zero-sum game, and we should not automatically adopt zero-sum bioethics.

Most athletics is not zero sum. Even a losing team has a paying fan base, right? Plus, they compete to provide a service to a very large fan base. So even the losers win, and the fans benefit no matter what happens. OTOH, the fan benefit doesn’t really increase with athlete performance.

But speaking as a budding mathematician, I’d love to try out technologies that would improve my performance as a mathematician.

]]> By: ivankirigin https://blog.speculist.com/brain/doping-the-math.html#comment-869 ivankirigin Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:26:23 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=455#comment-869 Check out FuturePundit’s brain “Brain Enhancement” archives

If you want this to happen faster, ask your doctor about the relative benefits of everything, and stress you would be very interested in only-for-enhancement intelligence-boosting drugs.

Be very cautious about the side effects. It seems like every significant gain comes at more significant long-term cost. Small effects from a good diet and things like Omega-3,6 fatty acids are also good.

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