Jeff Taylor
-- "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." -Albert Pine ----------
>From: "Nick Bostrom" <bostrom@ndirect.co.uk>
>To: extropians@extropy.com
>Subject: Re: Caffeine withdrawal advice (was Re: Is Medicine Healthy? add
>Date: Fri, Apr 9, 1999, 5:02 PM
>
> 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
>