If you could take a pill that can make you smarter, would you take it?

[Jasmin Cottontail]

If you will be given a chance to take a pill that can make you smarter, not in a normal way though but in an extraordinary way. Like you will have a photographic memory and the way you analyze things will be quick. Basically all the parts of your brain would work, which can be more interesting yet can be frightening as well. Would you take it?

 

[TheKnight]

Yup, I would! We go to courses to get smarter and learn more. Why not take the easy way into it if there is, right? If everyone was that smart, we would make HUGE technological advances! I see no downside to this.

 

[Alex]

This question presupposes that one isn't smart though, and it's not enough to be clever, but to have the knowledge to use that intelligence. No pill could do that, because it's based on experience, hence why people who read only and never actively use what they know, actually know little.

 

[Natasha0717]

No, because I don't think I need one. I'm smart enough. All I do is research and read.

I would, however, take a pill to make my mind not want to learn anymore, or make my mind not care anymore (or at least not as much). Xanax kind of does that, but it certainly doesn't stop my wild reading all night, especially on Google. Mostly about diseases and symptoms. I am obsessed with diseases and symptoms.

 

[Zeesi]

I probably would, especially if there was yet another pill that could make me go back to the way I was if the "smart" pill didn't leave me feeling like I expected. Surely the person who invented the 'smart' pill would be genius enough to also have at the ready a 'reverse the effects of the smart pill' pill.

 

[janemariesayed]

Actually, there is a pill that can help to make you smarter! It is none other than the herbal remedy Ginkgo Biloba.

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-333-GINKGO.aspx?activeIngredientId=333&activeIngredientName=GINKGO

Ginkgo helps us to think clearer and can also help with depression and memory loss. For example, I could never do a Times crossword puzzle, it was too difficult for me. Yet a friend of mine who was very smart and brilliant at the English language told me that I could do it. I took four Ginkgo Biloba pills and then sat down to do the crossword. Believe me, I whizzed through that Times crossword in about twenty minutes. I knew the answers only because taking the Ginkgo opened up my memory allowing me to pull the answers out of my minds storage.

If you are taking exams, or have to sit any kind of test and you have already done your revision, a couple of pills in the morning would certainly help to get the answers correct. This pill is smart enough for me!

I have been trying to find a link that I saw years ago, and alas, of course, I can't find it anywhere!. The link had a chart that described the Lotus flower had the same properties as Ginkgo Biloba. I found it very interesting considering the Ancient Egyptians used to regularly take lotus flower.