As I recall, JFK's use of cognitive enhancers (amphetamines,
primarily) may have contributed to the Bay of Pigs debacle.
On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's a startling opinion piece just published in _Nature_ , made
freely available for a week to stimulate discussion. One of its
authors
is the neuroscientist well known to psychologists, Michael
Gazzaniga. The
co-authors appear similarly eminent and well-qualified.
........
The commentary makes the jaw-dropping suggestion that these drugs
should
be made legally available to healthy people for cognitive enhancement
purposes. In their words, which they provide in italics, "We call
for a
presumption that mentally competent adults should be able to engage in
cognitive enhancement using drugs". [I think they need a comma after
"enhancement" to clarify what they're proposing]
Yeah, right. That's about as likely as the US legalizing marijuana any
time soon.
It will be legalized, but inhalation will still be prohibited,
Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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