i'm not sure they'd help me
you can't improve on perfection.

it's like "flowers for algernon" and look how that book turns out.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 11:54, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

What happens?
Did he get flowers? Were they from the garage or the supermarket?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 11:55, Reply)

a mentally disabled guy is given drugs to "cure" his condition
and at first he becomes a bit brighter, then average, then bright, then super-bright. then it all goes horribly wrong as he degenerates massively at high speed.

however, the drugs were tested first on a mouse called algernon, so he can predict what is going to happen to him by watching the mouse. as my dad would say, "there's nowt to laugh at at all".
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 11:58, Reply)

It's written like a diary
A retarded man gets offered treatment to become smart, they give him an operation and it works, it works so well he becomes the smartest man alive, anything else is spoilers.
Read it though, it's great.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:00, Reply)

Seconded, great book.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

Is that what the Lawnmower Man was based on?
haha not a great film :p
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:39, Reply)

Dunno, don't think so.
I loved that film when it came out as I was certain VR was going to take off in a big way. It certainly hasn't aged well.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:50, Reply)

That is truely a great book.
but that was a temporary and high level increase, current work is for permanent (as long as you take the drugs) increases but not totally different.

Hey if you take enough of them you might even be able to work out how to set your clocks.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 11:57, Reply)

How can you permanently increase intelligence
but only while you take the pills, what would happen when you stop, would you forget stuff?

What are you measuring "intelligence" with?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 11:59, Reply)

A ruler
30 cm shatterproof, to be exact.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:00, Reply)

www.playgroundlaw.com/cgi-bin/browse.pl?sid=899
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Intelligence is a catch all phrase
but taking the example of ritalin: Some studies show that in normal (non ADHD people) it can increase the length of time you can concentrate by about 20% so if you can concetrate now for an hour without a break you could concentrate for an hour and 15 without a break. It also seems to improve the accuracy of memory recall, so if you learn something while on ritalin you're better at remembering it later if you're on ritalin or not.

When you stop taking the pills you'll still remember the things you learnt but you'd lose the advantage you got to learning new things when you were on the pills.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

I don't believe in ADHD

(Bazongaloid, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Sounds like anti-weed.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:11, Reply)

You do come out with a load of mock-profound shit on weed though.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Why thank you.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 13:00, Reply)

it was too good to be true
i knew you were incapable of posting something nice and normal to me without ruining it.

at least it's restored my equilibrium and place in the world.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 11:59, Reply)

No drug is powerful enough for that.
If she weren't a woman, she'd be no use at all.
( Kroney, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:03, Reply)

I was about to mention Flowers for Algernon!
Have you seen the 'crayon' episode of the Simpsons?
Same thing.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:10, Reply)

phew
that's one less book to read.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:40, Reply)

I thought Algernon had a preference for bread and condensed milk sandwiches?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:43, Reply)