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nootropics and a developing brain
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2015-08-19 at 8:17 AM UTCOh jesus fucking christ.. some bee jelly isnt gonna give a kid eye cancer. FFS if thats the case I just give the fuck up.. there ware probably 10 other household chemicals kids can and do come in contact with thats far fucking more risky thank fucking some bee vomit.
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2015-08-19 at 5:23 PM UTClol, chill blood. I just think the idea is funny. Kinda like those baby Mozart videos but instead with research chemicals.
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2015-08-23 at 1:23 AM UTCWell, you can see where Im coming from,right? Im only doing the royal jelly, and yeah.. I wont getany difinitive proof he is smarter because of it, but maybe it will make a difference and give him a better shot at being happy in life. Some parents do all sorts of weird shit to help their kids along, and my sole reasons for doing what I do are purely to make his life better. Im not wealthy enough to give him everything I would like to in life, but if I can help him be smarter he should have a happier and easier life. This isnt me wanting to ger my kid high or give him drugs for the lulz... though it is kinda lulzy. I just want to do right by him and my view on the world is warped from the way most people view life, hence he eating bee vomit as an infant lol
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2015-08-25 at 1:39 AM UTC
Note: Hydro guessed the gender months before he was born. Her husband guessed the exact date he was born and nearly got the weight right. I guessed nothing. :(
You guessed the most effective spot and time to dump your load, apparently. -
2015-08-25 at 1:44 AM UTC
Well, you can see where Im coming from,right? Im only doing the royal jelly, and yeah.. I wont getany difinitive proof he is smarter because of it, but maybe it will make a difference and give him a better shot at being happy in life. Some parents do all sorts of weird shit to help their kids along, and my sole reasons for doing what I do are purely to make his life better. Im not wealthy enough to give him everything I would like to in life, but if I can help him be smarter he should have a happier and easier life. This isnt me wanting to ger my kid high or give him drugs for the lulz… though it is kinda lulzy. I just want to do right by him and my view on the world is warped from the way most people view life, hence he eating bee vomit as an infant lol
Do you want him to be intelligent, or happy? Pretty sure those are inversely correlated. You keep saying you want him to be happy, but instead you're trying to help him become intelligent. Which, if it works, may actually lead to unhappiness.
Look how smart Malice is. Do you think he's happy?
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2015-08-25 at 4:28 AM UTC
Well, you can see where Im coming from,right? Im only doing the royal jelly, and yeah.. I wont getany difinitive proof he is smarter because of it, but maybe it will make a difference and give him a better shot at being happy in life. Some parents do all sorts of weird shit to help their kids along, and my sole reasons for doing what I do are purely to make his life better. Im not wealthy enough to give him everything I would like to in life, but if I can help him be smarter he should have a happier and easier life. This isnt me wanting to ger my kid high or give him drugs for the lulz… though it is kinda lulzy. I just want to do right by him and my view on the world is warped from the way most people view life, hence he eating bee vomit as an infant lol
I mean I can understand wanting to give someone every chance in life you can, definitely, I just think that in a total reckoning of the situation administering nootropics to an infant is more likely to work out in their favor than it is to harm them, when weighted for significance of impact (just about every nootropic you find on the market today that isn't some kind of stim has "subtle" or minor effects while the risk to something with significantly different physiology (a child) is tremendous, even if the chance of a negative outcome is low (which I don't think we can rule out on present evidence)). In other words you stand a small chance of gaining something minor but a similar chance of really fucking up your kid (based on our basically non-existent knowledge of how nootropics effect children). I'm not trying to be a dick but it seems like a pascalian wager but I can't see a worthwhile payoff in giving your kid noots. Wait until they're in like middle school or something where they start tracking at least. -
2015-08-26 at 6:47 AM UTCGiving infants honey isn't a great idea. My thinking is in agreement with Lanny's. If you want your kid to have a leg up, do the hard work - teach them discipline of mind and body, expose them to different ideas and encourage them to pursue experiences conducive to growth. Maybe by the time they're old enough to consider nootropics for themselves, we'll have more data available to support their decision.
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2015-08-26 at 4:25 PM UTCAfter reading zanick's post, I just remembered something from when my kids were little, that you should never, ever, ever give babies honey. I forget why.
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2015-08-26 at 4:47 PM UTCHuh, I guess it can give them botulism. Guess that means it's back to the crystal meth idea.
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2015-08-26 at 4:49 PM UTC
Bonus points if you can identify the dude in the pic without looking it up. -
2015-08-26 at 4:53 PM UTC
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2015-08-26 at 4:54 PM UTCis it that faggot methimatician that was all crazy n shit, and had a beautiful mind? can't remember the name...oh wait, is it nash?>
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2015-08-26 at 4:55 PM UTCI just looked up a picture of him, looks like I am wrong.
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2015-08-26 at 4:59 PM UTCmy second guess is that physicist guy who picked locks as a hobby. I forget what his name is. those are the only two famous math nerds that I know of.
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2015-08-26 at 5:04 PM UTC
is it that faggot methimatician that was all crazy n shit, and had a beautiful mind? can't remember the name…oh wait, is it nash?>
Nope, this nigga still be alive. -
2015-08-26 at 5:33 PM UTC
Nope, this nigga still be alive.
still alive? I have no idea then. time for someone else to guess. -
2015-08-26 at 5:49 PM UTC
my second guess is that physicist guy who picked locks as a hobby. I forget what his name is. those are the only two famous math nerds that I know of.
You're probably thinking of Richard Feynman, but that's not who's in the picture. James Gleick, who's kind of a mediocre writer on the whole but writes about interesting shit, wrote a book that's kinda half biography half pop-sci about Feynman which was a pretty fun read. If you have an interest in that era of physics and the mythos around it but don't want to read a gnarly physics textbook it's a good book. -
2015-08-26 at 11:17 PM UTCIt's not the same thing as honey, Hydro addressed this either earlier in the thread or in a PM, there's no risk of botulism. Of course we considered this.
Zanick, the best properly conducted (good god the social "soft" sciences tend to be bad) research consistently shows that if parents are at least adequate (non-seriously abusive) by the time their children are adults, this being the key qualifier, they have almost no impact on their outcomes, none. And the "environmental" aspect commonly quoted isn't what the vast majority of people think it is, it's wildly misunderstood. From Steve Pinker: https://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/its-not-nature-and-nurture/
Intervention of this nature is the only hope they have, particularly with §m£ÂgØL's fucked up genes. -
2015-08-29 at 10:12 PM UTCYeah, the botulism fear is null and void because we are dealing with freeze dried royal jelly. As for giving this child guidance in life, Im trying to do that. I spend at least an hour a day trying to stimulate him with flash cards and talking to him and engaging him to the best of my ability. Im not trying to get an easy ticket to a smart and happy child, just I want him to be the best he can be. Im going to do an allergy test and if he passes, Im going to start incorporating lions mane mushroom extract into his goatmilk, probably 10-20mgs a day. Again, at worst I see this shit doing absolutely nothing. My theory on him being happy is this: if he is smarter than things should come easier for him in life such as school and work... if he doesnt have to struggle like I have maybe he will be happier. Money doesnt make you happy, but it sure as fuck helps.
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2015-09-07 at 12:37 AM UTCat first Ä° was against this but then I realize they prescribe antıpsychotics to two year olds without much concern so what you would do is probably relatıvely safe. And I'm reading treatment with cerebrolysin at a young age can improve the outcomes of neurodevelopmental disorders which your child will almost certainly have since you had a baby with §m£ÂgØL.
